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| Government withdraws £169m King's Lynn incinerator grant | |
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| About £169m in funding for a controversial waste incinerator has been withdrawn by the government. | |
| Norfolk County Council hoped to build the incinerator at King's Lynn but plans were put on hold after political changes at County Hall. | Norfolk County Council hoped to build the incinerator at King's Lynn but plans were put on hold after political changes at County Hall. |
| The project depended on a government grant, but ministers have decided to withdraw funding. | The project depended on a government grant, but ministers have decided to withdraw funding. |
| Council leader George Nobbs said the decision was "more bad news from this government for Norfolk taxpayers". | |
| The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) explained the decision in a letter to Norfolk MPs. | |
| The letter, signed by Defra minister Lord de Mauley, said the review was prompted by a "breach" of the terms and conditions under which funding was originally agreed. | |
| "We considered the full range of relevant factors , including the likelihood of England making the necessary contribution towards meeting the UK's 2020 EU landfill directive target for the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste from landfill," it said. | |
| "Based on the most recent analysis and all the relevant evidence, we concluded that it is sufficiently likely that the target will be met without a contribution from the NCC project. | |
| "The decision has not been taken lightly and has been made on its own merits, but I recognise that it is likely to create difficulties for NCC." |