A council has been accused of hiding a fleet of 25 new multi-million-pound electric-powered bin wagons because it failed to build facilities to charge them.

York Council has invested around £8m into a procurement project to replace its diesel trucks, used for general litter collection, with more eco-friendly vehicles.

But independent councillor Mark Warters, 58, has labelled the project “farcical” and an “embarrassment” after it was revealed delays with charging infrastructure meant some couldn’t be used.

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Photos taken by a whistleblower showed the brand-new trucks sitting idle in a tarmacked storage yard.

A council spokesperson admitted construction of the charging points was “behind schedule” but claimed it was better to purchase the vehicles early due to inflation.

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