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Scores of people have signed a petition against council plans to reduce the size of Kirklees wheelie bins.

Kirklees Council’s draft budget for next year has revealed plans to reduce the size of every single grey household waste bin by a quarter – dropping from 240 litres to 180 litres.

The council says the move – which comes at a time when the local authority works to address a £29.3m budget gap – will save £131,000 in 2025/26 and £395,000 the year after that.

But the plans have not gone down well with residents and some councillors, with a petition launched on Change.org by Kirklees’ Community Alliance group.

Councillor Paul Moore (Dewsbury East) wrote: “We the undersigned are vehemently opposed to Kirklees Labour plans to reduce the size of wheelie bins by a whopping 25 per cent, reducing them from 240 to 180 litres.

“At a time when we expect another five per cent (or close to) increase in council tax, and bins are already overflowing, the people of Kirklees are being penalised once again by this Labour cabinet.

"Kirklees residents deserve better with ever spiralling council tax bills.

“The knock-on effect is we will see an explosion in the number of rat infestations in all our neighbourhoods which will have a massive impact on public health.”