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A Midland council has blamed the scorching summer after missing its target for the sale of garden waste collection subcriptions.

As part of a fees and charges review for the 2026-27 budget, Warwick District Council plans to raise the price of a green bin permit from £47 to £51 – an increase of more than 8.5 per cent.

A report said the council expected to sell 40,000 permits-a-year but had to adjust its figures after falling short by 2,000 customers. The document suggested the decline "reflects local trends and may be due to the unusually dry spring and summer", leading to a drop in next year's projected income of £186,500.

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The revised target of £1.963 million would still be slightly higher than

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