Bin tax plans abandoned

Good news. The Government has come to its senses and abandoned plans for a pay-as-you-throw domestic waste tax.

I discussed the lunacy of such a bin tax some time ago. There are all sorts of reasons why this tax was such a bad idea, not least the public health reasons: taxing people for throwing out rubbish will simply lead to fly-tipping and all the hazards that would follow.

Anyway, according to the Telegraph, Gordon Brown has intervened to scrap the plans, out of fear that they could cost the Labour Party dear in next year's local government elections.

Hmm. So does this mean that the plans could be revived once the danger of the local elections is past? We will find out soon enough.