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Government Fund established to assist local authorities in England spend two weeks of weekly sessions

Eric Pickles, has defended the government's plans to provide financial advice to restore weekly collections of rubbish, saying the proposal is what most people want.

A £ 250

Fund was established to assist local authorities in England spend two weeks of weekly sessions bin plans unveiled by communities and local government secretary.

Conservatives see politics as the delivery of a promise made to the party in opposition. In June, the coalition government under criticism after its review of the residues revealed that the board would not bring back the weekly collections of waste.

Labour has accused the government of breaking a promise to abandon pre-election every two week bin collections, describing it as a "huge missed opportunity."

reveal the progress of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Pickles, said: "Weekly rubbish collections are the most visible from all front-line services, and I think that all households in England a fundamental right to have the waste collected weekly.

"Our funding will help boards offer collections of the week and in the process, help families to go green and improve the local environment."

Despite rejecting suggestions that the announcement was designed to attract favorable publicity in the context of the conference, Pickles admitted. "I can make a brief reference to this in my speech Monday" He said all the money on offer was more than expected, was always the result of a prudent budget.

"The total money available ... it's £ 1 billion, so finding a quarter of a billion of something that we must put our minds, "he said." It's not easy to find [the money] -. My department was logging a lot of waste "

plan £ 250 million weekly support collections are expected to begin in April. Funding will be available for advice in English to guarantee to preserve or restore the collections of the week for at least five years and are committed to improving recycling rates and provide improvements such as reducing illegal dumping and litter.