Birmingham band UB40 say the city's striking bin workers and their union should "keep fighting" in their dispute over pay. It comes as the government and the council urged them to accept a "fair ...

The leader of Birmingham City Council has urged refuse workers to accept its "fair" pay offer and told Sky News he is "absolutely determined" to end the bin crisis. Twenty-thousand tonnes of ...

Around 300 striking refuse collection workers rallied outside Birmingham City Council House on Tuesday morning, just one day after they rejected an offer to end the dispute based on the council ...

Bin workers in Birmingham have voted to reject a "totally inadequate" partial deal that could have ended the ongoing strike. Striking Unite the Union members were balloted on Monday after an offer ...

The council has confirmed Easter bin collection details as the strike by union members continues after a breakdown in talks. Unite members have been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Birmingham ...

Campaigners are calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to abolish a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) eligibility rule that excludes individuals with certain health conditions ...

Strikes that have left mountains of bin bags piled up on the streets of Birmingham could spread throughout the UK, Unite’s leader has warned. More than 5,000 tonnes of rubbish remains ...

Union bosses behind strikes which have left the streets of Birmingham piled high with rotting waste are directing the action from outside of the city - in leafy suburbs with regular bin collections.

A Trump official has defended the administration's decision to ignore court rulings about returning a deported El Salvadoran migrant to the US by likening him to Osama Bin Laden. Department of ...

Birmingham City Council has said over 17 tonnes of rubbish has built up during the strike Credit: PA Unite the Union and Birmingham City Council are currently in "positive" talks to end the bin ...

A strike among bin workers in Birmingham has left piles of waste around the city. At the heart of the dispute is the removal of the role of Waste Recycling and Collection Officers (WRCO), who were ...

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