Bring Out Your Rubbish Days (BOYRBs) are a popular council scheme which gives residents the chance to have bulky household waste collected free of charge on specified days
A recent Bring Out Your Rubbish Day in the St. Andrew’s and Docklands ward(Image: Hull Labour Group)
The deputy leader of the Hull Labour Group has expressed disappointment after the group’s hopes of securing city-wide Bring Out Your Rubbish Days was rejected at the Hull City Council budget meeting.
Councillors met on February 26 to set the authority’s budget for the 2026/27 financial year. The budget includes a 4.99% council tax increase, taking a Band D property’s cost to £1,873.46.
The opposition Labour Group put forward an amendment to the ruling Liberal Democrats‘ budget proposals. The amendment, which was voted down, included having council-wide Bring Out Your Rubbish Days (BOYRBs) – a popular council scheme which gives residents the chance to have bulky household waste collected free of charge on specified days.
Currently the BOYRBs are funded out of councillors’ ward budgets, meaning councillors can choose whether or not to fund such days. This, the Labour Group say, has led to a “postcode lottery” system within the city.
Cllr Sharon Hofman, Labour councillor for Bricknell ward and deputy leader of the Labour group on the council, said: “It was really disappointing to see the Lib Dems vote down Labour’s amendment. Bring Out Your Rubbish Days are one of the most popular things the council does in Hull, but unfortunately not every area of the city gets them, either because their wards don’t have the budget for it, or because the local councillors have other priorities.
“Labour was proposing to extend the scheme to the whole city, and we’ll continue to make this a priority ask going forward; Bring Out Your Rubbish Days are one of the best ways to tackle fly-tipping and keep our communities clean and tidy.”
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Addressing the fact that city-wide BOYRDs were not included in the Lib Dems’ budget proposals, the leader of the Hull City Council, the Lib Dems’ Cllr Mike Ross said: “The Bring Out Your Rubbish days have been protected and strengthened by this Liberal Democrat administration. The Labour group had over a decade of administration in Hull and could have delivered this in their budgets during that time but failed to do so.
“When the funding for this scheme was under threat last year, the Lib Dems found the extra money to plough in to all wards to keep these running. It is our leadership that is delivering change in Hull and reversing years of Labour mismanagement.
“It is down to the ward councillors in each community where to target these sessions and spend their money. That is their choice on how they wish to do it. Lib Dem councillors have a strong history of delivering these sessions in every corner their wards and if Labour councillors can’t do this, then they should learn from our example.
“The funding for BOYRDs remains clear within our budget, along with our commitment to free bulky item collections to all households. This is supported by the multi-million pound investments into our free recycling centres, graffiti cleaning teams, leaf sweeping crews and the Love Your Neighbourhood scheme. Keeping our communities clean is a core commitment of this council.”
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