Labour votes down bins peace move
At the meeting of Newcastle City Council meeting tonight, the 34 Labour members present voted down a motion to take the bins chaos to arbitration proposed by the Liberal Democrats. Apart from the responsible Cabinet member, Cllr Kemp, only one Labour council spoke, claiming that people in his ward accept their bins not being emptied when they understand why the situation has arisen (he and Cllr Kemp vigorously deny it's a "dispute". If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...)
6 Jul 2016
