By James Chapman Last updated at 1:04 PM on 30th September 2011 Town halls are to be shamed into bringing back weekly bin collections, it was revealed yesterday. In a victory for householders and the Daily Mail, ministers unveiled a £250million fund to restore them. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said councils will now have ‘no excuse’ to maintain hugely unpopular fortnightly schemes. ‘My view has always been that people expect a weekly collection,’ he said. Town halls are to be shamed into bringing back weekly bin collections following uproar over fortnightly collections STEVE DOUGHTY: Don't you wish you had a truth drug you could introduce into the water coolers at your nearest palace of local government?
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Local authorities will have to guarantee weekly bin rounds for five years to qualify for funding
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At least half the homes in Britain have lost their weekly collections of general rubbish
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