Calderdale’s tips are not yet open seven days a week – and no date has been announced for when they will be.

Calderdale Reform announced in July, shortly after taking over the running of Calderdale Council, that all the borough’s household waste and recycling centres would return to being open again every day by Christmas.

But, with less than seven weeks until December 25, no date has been revealed for when this will happen.

The Courier asked Calderdale Council when the tips will return to seven-day opening last Monday (November 2) but has yet to receive a response.

When Labour ran the council, the household waste recycling centres in Brighouse, Halifax, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden were all closed for one or two days a week in a bid to balance the budget.

The partial closures were agreed as an alternative to closing Elland’s tip completely.

At Calderdale Reform’s first cabinet meeting since taking over the council, cabinet member for public services, Peter Hunt, said the transition of waste services to a new provider – Norse - would allow restoring seven-day opening to all the borough’s tips as part of the agreement.

"The changes will be introduced by the end of the year and ahead of the Christmas and New Year period, which we know are one of the busiest times,” he said.

Coun Hunt claimed the the move would be at no additional cost to the tax payer – a claim disputed by rival councillors.