A councillor has left the Labour party in Wales over the wording of a survey sent to residents about black bin collection proposals. Giles Davies said he couldn’t in good conscience retain his position as a Labour councillor and Torfaen council’s Labour chief whip.
A survey sent to all residents in Torfaen asks them whether they want to change their fortnightly black bin collections from next year to three-weekly or monthly. Cllr Davies, who from this week is an independent councillor for Abersychan, said the survey would produce responses unrepresentative of actual public opinion on the matter.
Cllr Davies said he believes many other Labour councillors agree with him but are “scared to speak about their views publicly”. He agreed his position as chief whip had become untenable after he decided to make his views known.
