Sentences with phrase «bin collections»

The Conservatives had pledged to restore weekly bin collections in their manifesto before the 2010 general election.

Adopting fortnightly bin collections enables councils to increase recycling rates by nearly a third, a Local Government Association (LGA) report has concluded.

The new local government secretary has picked weekly bin collections as his first campaign, with a promise to scrap fortnightly collections.

If voters used local elections purely to vote on local issues, then we'd have to conclude that the spectacular collapse of the Tories in the 90s was because their councillors gave up on bin collection, whilst the Lib Dems were good at sorting potholes during the 2000s but went on strike in the 2010s.

Labour councils increasingly have a policy of in - house as the preferred provider and many councils have brought bin collections, cleaners, and IT services back in - house, insourcing privatized contracts to save money for council tax payers and to ensure good terms and conditions for staff.

From bin collections to small business tax relief, we will do our utmost to ensure that Britain's curry industry is second to naan.»

Some Tory council leaders have ruled out returning to weekly bin collections before even seeing the details of what funding they could get in return.

The rat population doubled under the last Labour Government as a result of pressure to reduce bin collections - from people like Hilary Benn.

This could see councils agreeing to tackle drug dealing, improve bin collection and street cleaning and clear graffiti in return for residents promising to report antisocial behaviour or maintain grass verges.

Eric Pickles says people deserve a weekly bin collections service in return for their taxes.He said: «This Government is standing up for hard - working people and getting rid of barmy bin policies which made families» lives hell.

«Tory questions unveil infestation danger of fortnightly bin collections Main Eric Pickles hopes to depoliticise funding of town halls»

Specific programmes include: community - led resource recovery centres, a third bin collection for food waste, and a new inorganic waste service that diverts useful material to community organisations.

«One of the main services people expect from their councils is efficient bins collections, and they will be rightly shocked to see their money spent on threats of this nature,» said James Price, of the TaxPayers» Alliance, according to the Daily Mail.

Ministers will not force councils to abandon fortnightly bin collections, the government's waste review has concluded.

John Hemming MP Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley Bin and gone Far from demonstrating innovation, Eric Pickles» latest ramblings about weekly bin collections (TP, May) show how out of touch the Conservatives are.

This is why I suspect the recent announcements about a return to weekly bin collections, raising the speed limit on the motorways to 80 miles an hour and the renewed emphasis on «right to buy» will go down well.

While the efforts of the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles to defend and revive weekly bin collections have been widely reported less the Government have also abolished state powers for town hall bin inspectors to enter homes and gardens to inspect bins.

«Hard - working families and pensioners were left feeling powerless and frustrated under the previous government, as council tax bills doubled while their frontline services like weekly bin collections were halved,» Mr Pickles said.

Weekly bin collections are set to return after ministers came up with # 250 million of funding ahead of the Conservative party conference.

Oral Questions - Tackling wildlife crime - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; Comparing the level of railway fares in the UK with those in Europe - Lord Bradshaw; Impact of the # 250 million fund set up to help local councils in England maintain or restore weekly bin collections - Lord Storey;

Mr Pickles has made weekly bin collections one of his top priorities for local government but critics have branded him a «philistine», claiming he has put money for bins ahead of funding for libraries and museums.

The Prime Minister is to announce that companies will get the chance to run everything from elderly care and bin collection to schools and hospitals.

Rather than giving obvious advice to housebuilders, Eric Pickles would do better to explain why he spent an eye - watering quarter of a billion pounds on a failed scheme to persuade councils to change their bin collection arrangements that resulted in just one council changing their policy.

The services devolved to the district councils include setting and collecting council tax, bin collections, local planning and council housing.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has published a «bin bible» in a bid to encourage councils scrap «barmy» fortnightly bin collections.

Museums closed in Edinburgh, Nottingham and Leicester, many libraries were closed, and bin collections were halted in Derby

They organise social services, bin collections and local parks while the Greater London Authority (GLA), headed up by the Mayor of London, is responsible for policing, fire, and transport services.

Mr Corbyn accused the government of «prioritising tax cuts for the super rich and big business» over funding for social care, libraries and bin collections.