On her blog Louise Baldock, Labour Councillor for Kensington and Fairfield Ward in Liverpool, wrote about a new council initiative which is a new dedicated phone line for reporting dog related problems, including fouling, nuisance barking, running stray and so on. She writes that

Staff answering these calls will have extra information on how to tackle these problems so that the council’s response will be ‘smarter’. We’ll also be able to collect better intelligence about where there are particular hotspots that need extra attention.

My local Labour-led council, Hastings, recently produced these posters and displayed them around town. Sadly, it’s still a problem.