Blameing the EU
Telegraph | News | Taxes to rise unless more rubbish is recycled, says watchdog
Tax will have to rise if Britain fails to meet European Union targets for reducing the amount of rubbish sent to landfill in four years' time, says the National Audit Office.
In a report yesterday, the spending watchdog warned that there was "a significant risk" of councils failing to reduce the volume of waste sufficiently to comply with EU law. Such a breach could see Britain fined £180 million a year.
Councils would face fines from the Government of £40 million a year by 2010, rising to £205 million a year by 2013, forcing council tax bills to rise.
No, I don't understand those figures either - but I thought it encouraging the Telegraph putting the blame fairly on the EU for once.