Sharp increase in council litter fines

More local UK councils are hiring private companies to sting the public for litter fines.

A new investigation claims the number of litter penalties has soared from little more than 700 in 1997 to 63,883 last year. That's an 8,687% increase. One council - Bromley - saw fines rocket from a handful of £80 monthly fines to more than 600.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%