Derby: Nice One Ukip!

Council refuses to collect rubbish over Christmas so Ukip councillors come to the rescue. RESIDENTS living in a city suburb are to have their rubbish collected between Christmas and New Year by their Ukip councillors.

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Ukip councillors rolled up their sleeves to help out with rubbish collection over Christmas

Derby City Council announced on Sunday there will be no bin collections over the festive period for the third year in a row. 

Two Ukip councillors have now said they will take to the streets using a van and a trailer to collect the trash from the Alvaston area of the city themselves. 

Derby's Ukip group leader, Councillor Alan Graves and member for Alvaston, Councillor John Evans, will hold their own collection on December 28.

I thought our collection last year might have embarrassed them into doing something about it but it hasn't happened

Councillor Alan Graves, Ukip. Express.

"If district councils can do it, why can't unitary councils [like Derby] afford it when they have a lot more money to spend? 

"It's a poor service the council is offering to people in the city.