SCRAPPING plans for weekly bin collections was inevitable and it is outrageous that the public has been deceived.

It is also totally wrong that there has been a £250m investment in a failed scheme to encourage town halls to reverse the trend towards fortnightly collections.

This was a complete waste of our money with not one council restoring weekly bin emptying and some actually scrapping them in favour of fortnightly collections.

The Government is now saying the scheme is to be dropped which flies in the face of Tory promises while in opposition to restore ‘the fundamental right’ of families to have their bins emptied very seven days.

But what they never actually admit is that behind the change to alternative week collections lie two EU directives creating ridiculous and impossible recycling targets.

I have been campaigning since 2009 for weekly bin collections and this is something I will continue to fight for.

Northwest MEP Paul Nuttall, UKIP deputy leader.