Neil Merrick 03 February 2026

Government rejects food waste transparency call

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The Government has rebuffed calls for transparency around funding for food waste collections, insisting it is not in the ‘public interest'.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) told chief executive of Wyre Forest DC, Ian Miller, it could not reveal details of an internal assessment of council funding carried out ahead of last year's Spending Review.

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