Conservatives in the Vale were dismayed at a Lib Dem decision to distort one of their campaigns. Leader of the Conservatives in the Vale have written tothe local press, calling for a discount to be given to those paying fortheir brown bins by direct debit. He has also requested the Chief Executiveof the Council to investigate the possibility. The reason for the proposal stems from the Council's failure to collect payments for the bin, racking up around £40,000 of unpaid bills. Direct debits are cheaper to administer, saving public money, and are easier tocollect, encouraging the public to use the option is common sense. However another common sense idea has been ruined by the Lib Dem run Vale.It has been announced from 1st January, rather than offering a discount forthose on direct debit, the Lib Dems will increase the charge for anyone whodoesn't use the method. This will be a further tax on the worst off insociety, those who do not have bank accounts that allow them to set updirect debits. Conservative Leader, Matthew Barber, said, "This isdisgraceful. The Council will save money by encouraging people to use directdebits, but they are not passing these savings on to customers." The Lib Dems are going to penalise people who do not pay by direct debit, by charging them £5 more each time they pay for their brown bin.