Birmingham City Council has announced that 'with regret' it is intending to make redundant up to 76 bin workers behind the all out strike that has blighted the city. The tough action comes as the ...

Unite has today branded a council "absolutely disgusting" as binmen industrial action continues into a third week. Birmingham City Council said it will make redundant up to 76 bin workers behind ...

The Birmingham City Council today unanimously approved an agreement to buy the assets of the Birmingham Water Works Board. The move begins a process that could take months, including a legal fight ...

A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council after the ongoing bin strike left 17,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish piling high in the streets. Masses of putrid waste remains yet ...

The situation in Birmingham during the bin strike “cannot continue”, the city council’s leader has said as he urged the Unite union to help bring the industrial action to an end ahead of a ...

Birmingham City Council has issued the worrying update due to the huge amounts of rubbish that is now gathering around the city. Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are holding an all-out ...

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The standoff between bin workers and the council has led to bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish piling up on streets Birmingham City Council says it is on track to clear a backlog of uncollected waste ...

She said: “I’m a single parent and I brought up three children. I also rent my property from Birmingham City Council, so if I lose £600, potentially I could lose my home. “So the impact on ...

Birmingham City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city. Members of the ...

Unite the union says if guarantees that no worker will lose money could be put into writing by Birmingham City Council, a deal could be closer. Rubbish bags are taken away on Poplar Road in ...

Birmingham City Council says it is on track to clear a backlog of uncollected waste by the weekend, despite the ongoing dispute with the Unite union. Craig Cooper, strategic director of city ...