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Birmingham bin strikes: Authorities urged to carry COBRA assembly over dispute

By Editorial Board Published March 30, 2025 3 Min Read
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Birmingham bin strikes: Authorities urged to carry COBRA assembly over dispute

The federal government ought to maintain an pressing COBRA assembly to take care of Birmingham’s ongoing bin strikes, the Conservatives say.

The celebration has written a letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, wherein it additionally urged the federal government to ship in personal sector binmen.

The long-running strike is continuous, with garbage piling up on town’s streets, regardless of talks aimed toward ending the pay dispute.

Members of the Unite union met with Birmingham Metropolis Council on Thursday, however the talks have up to now failed.

Unite says the dispute is not going to finish until the “hugely damaging” cuts to bin collectors’ wages are reversed.

However Birmingham Metropolis Council says the purpose of the restructuring is to create a “modern, sustainable and consistently reliable waste collection service”.

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Shadow communities secretary Kevin Hollinrake and shadow Cupboard Workplace minister Alex Burghart have known as on the federal government to carry a COBRA assembly to reply to the dispute.

The Tories stated the assembly would “ensure that there is a co-ordinated response between national and local government”.

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The federal government despatched in commissioners to supervise Birmingham Metropolis Council after it successfully declared chapter in 2023.

Of their letter, Mr Hollinrake and Mr Burghart additionally stated the commissioners ought to “cut the pay of local councillors and redistribute the funding to local services”.

Final week, atmosphere minister Mary Creagh instructed the Home of Commons that resolving the strikes was a “matter [for] the council”.

She added that each events wanted to “sort this out for the benefit of the people of Birmingham”.

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