The Government has once again shown its lack of interest in introducing any legal obligation on Local Authorities to provide public toilets.

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Local communities are not being involved in determining "appropriate levels of provision" and toilet closures are accelerating in advance of the DDA Compliance deadline this October.

Public toilets are being used as political footballs and, as a discretionary service are at the whim of Local Authority political expediency. BTA Director, Richard Chisnell, met with Michael Howard in Folkestone on 27 th March, following Shepway District Council's decision to shut all 26 public conveniences - at a stroke. He urged the Leader of the opposition to include the issue of public toilet provision in the next Conservative Party Election Manifesto. This would, he emphasised guarantee the Conservatives a significant number of additional votes, judging from current level of anger and frustration being felt all over Britain by local residents.

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