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Richard Wheeler and Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Use prisoners to help keep country’s motorways tidy, says ex-roads minister

Prisoners held in open jails should help clear litter dumped on England’s motorways, according to a Conservative former roads minister.

Sir Mike Penning said inmates and those subject to community payback orders should be supervised to litter pick alongside major roads in the country.

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