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Strikes 'delaying' Birmingham's financial recovery
INTERVENTION

Strikes 'delaying' Birmingham's financial recovery

By Martin Ford | 02 December 2025

Ongoing strikes by bin workers at Birmingham City Council have held back efforts to recover from the authority’s financial crisis, commissioners have said.

BIRMINGHAM

Brum bin workers back further strike action

By Izzy Lepone | 03 September 2025

Bin workers in Birmingham have voted ‘overwhelmingly’ to extend strike action until spring, trade...

PAY

Unite members reject pay offer

By Dan Peters | 24 June 2025

Council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are members of union Unite have overwh...

PAY

COSLA makes two-year pay offer

By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2025

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has offered a 4% pay rise for 2025-26 and an...

PAY

Union to ballot on national strike action

By Martin Ford | 07 May 2025

Trade union GMB has recommended its members reject the pay offer from council employers.

PAY

Union announces strike ballot over pay

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2025

Scottish council workers are to be balloted over strike action in response to what a union has de...

WASTE

Striking Brum bin workers reject pay offer

By William Eichler | 15 April 2025

Refuse collection workers in Birmingham have rejected the city council’s latest pay offer in the ...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Military planners sent to Brum amid bin strikes

By William Eichler | 14 April 2025

Military planners have been called in to help tackle the backlog of rubbish in Birmingham that ha...

ANGELA RAYNER

EXCLUSIVE: Rayner drops Brum inquiry plan

By Emily Twinch | 09 April 2025

Angela Rayner has dropped government plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated L...

WORKFORCE

Angry reaction to Starmer stance on Brum bin strike

By Martin Ford | 07 April 2025

A war of words has broken out between the Government and union bosses over the bin strike in Birm...

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