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local authorities
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Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer
Over 170,000 litres of a weedkiller officially classified as a probable cause of cancer have been widely used by local authorities across Scotland in the last five years.
Council officials push to weaken freedom of information law
Senior local authority officials are lobbying to relax freedom of information law so that they can increase charges, delay responses and reject more requests as “vexatious”.
Scottish councils pour £1.7bn into polluting fossil fuels
Scottish local authorities are investing £1.7 billion in 52 fossil fuel companies blamed for causing climate chaos.