It's calculated that the re-shaped 4-day-a-week bin and recyclates collections are saving hard-pressed local taxpayers around £21,000 a year, as fuel use is driven down.
Conservative calls over proposals to shut police stations across West Lancashire as well as closing the front desk at Ormskirk have received cross party support.
Conservative-controlled West Lancashire Borough Council has agreed a package of savings worth £2m to protect as many jobs and services as possible now... while the Labour opposition indicated it would prefer deep cuts or hitting residents with increased Council Tax bills in the future.
West Lancs Conservatives have welcomed initial County Council proposals plans to keep household waste recycling centres in Burscough and Skelmersdale open - but will continue fighting to ensure the recommendations are passed .
A WEST Lancashire County Councillor is on a personal mission to get 20mph speed limits installed outside schools, after her own brother was killed in a tragic accident as a boy.