Local councils working on projects related to energy efficiency, accessibility and embellishment got a €200,000 boost yesterday.

Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government Josè Herrera, who distributed the money to 18 councils, said there was a lower financial allocation this year because the Budget drawn up by the previous government had been cut by €500,000.

To ease the problem, the present government decided that tipping fees councils paid to WasteServ would be cut by the same amount, he said.

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