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Second-home owners in north Wales will have to pay a 150% council tax premium to tackle the areas spiralling and immoral homelessness crisis.Councillors in Gwynedd agreed to raise the premium from its current 100% level 鈥?so already twice what permanent residents pay 鈥?and use the extra 拢3m it believes it will raise to provide more accommodation for people who are struggling to find a home.During a heated meeting in Caernarfo
stanley spain n, councillors described homeless families facing Christmas living in budget hotels and BBs in Gwynedd while wealthy outsiders enjoyed second homes in one of the most scenic parts of the UK.One councillor said a member of her community had been on the waiting list for social housing for three years and had had to stay in the home where a relative had killed themselves in the living room. Another said increasing the premium showed that Welsh communities were not for sale .Calling the decision very significant , Ioan Thomas, the cabinet member for finance on the Plaid Cymru-controlled council, said: We believe that the basis of a sound economy is an economy where the people of Gwynedd have homes and contribute. The homelessness figures were very alarming , he said. We cant ignore a situation where it is estimated that 1,400 indi
stanley becher viduals will have presented themselves as homeless by the end of this year 鈥?
stanley shop double the number presenting before Covid-19. As a council we will be accommodating over 600 people in temporary accommodation this year, where Xikw Factcheck: Was Ken Clarke right that rapists serve at least a year in jail
The UK government is to be sued in the high court over its air pollution plans, just a year after losing at the supreme court and being ordered to fulfil its legal duty to cut pollution rapidly.A request for a new judicial review by environmental lawyers at ClientEarth was granted by a judge on Thursday.ClientEarth argues the government is in breach of its legal duty to produce new air quality plans to cut pollution to legal levels in the shortest possible time , despite being ordered to do so by the supreme court in 2015. The development puts the spotlight on the environment secretary, Liz Truss, who is named as the defendant in the new case.Air pollution was called a public health emergency by MPs on Wednesday, and causes 40,000-50,000 early deaths every year. A report from two Royal Colleges of medicine estimated the cost of the damage at 拢20bn a year.A deadline for the UK to meet EU
stanley cup air quality rules was missed in 2010 but the plan put forward by the government after losing at the supreme court would
stanley fr not cut pollution to legal levels until 2025 in some cities. The governments new plans to tackle air pollution are woefully inadequate and wont achieve legal limits for year
stanley ca s to come, said ClientEarth lawyer Alan Andrews. The longer they are allowed to dither and delay, the more people will suffer from serious illness or an early death. Todays decision means we will be returning to court to demand that ministers respect our right to breathe clean air, Andrews said. Th
