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Many residents will have been appalled to read in this week's Cumberland News that the Labour Leadership on Carlisle City Council plan to introduce a £30 charge for local residents who wish to continue to use the garden waste recycling service that was introduced as a free service over ten years ago by Carlisle Conservatives. Speaking on this proposal Carlisle City Council Conservative Group Leader, John Mallinson said: "This is a sorry example of senior Labour councillors cynically targeting residents - probably in the belief that many of those using this service are Conservative voters. The...