Review of the Papers, Wednesday 02 May

**Government  **

• The government's home information packs came under renewed fire yesterday when a Lords committee said the packs had been stripped of their original purpose and were opposed by the property industry. The committee urged the government to take the criticism of the packs, also known as Hips, seriously before they are introduced on June 1. Estate agents and legal bodies have told the government that they have not had enough time to prepare for the packs. http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2070232,00.html  
• Tony Blair effectively disowned his own Government's drive towards fortnightly rubbish collections yesterday when he came out in support of the weekly bin round. With two days to go before crucial local elections in which Labour faces a backlash over the unpopular policy, the Prime Minister admitted he did not like the idea of having his own bins emptied on alternate weeks. "It is for local councils to decide but in the end I am a traditionalist on this one, to be absolutely frank," he told GMTV. The Prime Minister said he understood why many councils had switched to fortnightly collections in order to encourage recycling. But he believed there were "better ways" for them to persuade people to adopt a greener approach to refuse. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/02/nbins02.xml