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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

London council slams ministers over lack of cash to clear 80,000-tonne 'Rainham Volcano' dump

The leader of a cash-strapped London council has criticised the Government after receiving no funding to clean up Britain’s “largest” former illegal waste dump.

Locals living next to the toxic landfill in Arnold's Field, also known as Launders Lane, have said they feel like “prisoners in their own home” during the summer when the compacted rubbish often causes fires.

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