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Cllr Keith Orrell (far right) and Cllr Runciman (fourth from right) campaigning against green bin cuts last year.

Labour run City of York Council has announced there will be an extra garden waste collection in January.

Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Keith Aspden, who sent a join letter from opposition councillors on Wednesday calling for an extra collection, commented:

“I am pleased that after pressure form opposition councillors and residents Labour has been forced to add another garden waste collection round in January. Liberal Democrats have called for the re-instatement of winter green bin collections ever since Labour cut them. After a mild autumn and with leaves still falling from trees across York this is the very least the council should be doing.

“However, it is disappointing that this one-off winter collection will not take place until January and what this u-turn really shows is that it was a mistake for Labour to end winter collections in the first place. Clearly, Labour’s policy to cut recycling services and end regular winter garden waste collections needs a complete rethink.”