Today's Sunday Telegraph has more on the debate about weekly collections of rubbish under the heading "Weekly bin collections killed off by Tory revolt".
Apparently, 46 authorities [including 37 Tory councils] have confirmed that they plan to keep forthnighly collections despite a bribe from Local Government Minister, Eric Pickles, to revert back to weekly waste collection.
And one of these councils is West Oxfordshire - where Prime Minister David Cameron has his constituency home.
Indeed, London's largest borough, Conservative-led Croyden, last week became the latest council to cut weekly rounds. Cabinet member for the environement, Phil Thomas, said "it will reduce landfill costs, making us more efficient for our customers, and improve our recycling rates. Those are CONSERVATIVE ideals."
Just over half of England's 326 councils now have forthnightly waste collections for unreyclable 'black bag' rubbish, including 10 who have switched since the Coalition came to power.
The article went on to say that Exeter City Council, which was severely criticised for its handling of winter bin collections by Bob Neill, the Local Government mi9nsiter, las week said the cost of returning to weekly collections in its area alone would be £1.7 millon [for the first year] and then £1 million every year [thereafter].
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