Clyde Strachan, 37, decided to help refuse collectors by placing his rubbish outside his West Kensington home shortly before midday in May.

Robert Jenrick said Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which eventually withdrew the penalty, was acting like the ‘Stasi’

A £1,000 fine for putting the bins out early symbolises the jobsworth overreach of local government

Clyde Strachan, 37, decided to help refuse collectors by placing his rubbish outside his West Kensington home shortly before midday in May.