No wonder many dustmen in Brighton and Hove look forward to bank holiday weekends.

Even though they do not have to work on the public holiday, many of them receive £230 a week extra each time one arrives.

That's because men have to collect rubbish on the Saturday after each holiday to catch up with the backlog.

The cost to council tax payers is £184,000 a year and that will seem a lot to some people who do not earn £230 a week, let alone get it as a bonus.

Dustmen deserve to be well paid but this bonus is too big and follows a long history of Brighton binmen being offered sweeteners by their employers.

Next time there's a pay discussion, the bonus should be reduced or eliminated in return for extra basic pay for what is a difficult and dirty job.