US EditionMilitary planners called in to help with Birmingham bin crisis - as workers to vote on 'partial deal' to end strike
- Military specialists have been deployed to Birmingham to manage a rubbish crisis caused by an ongoing bin strike that began in March due to a pay dispute, leaving thousands of tonnes of waste uncollected.
- The Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner expressed concern over the dispute's disruption to residents and stated, 'The people of Birmingham are our first priority,' emphasizing the need for a quick resolution to the public health crisis.
- A Government spokesperson confirmed that military planners were brought in 'in light of the ongoing public health risk' to assist Birmingham City Council.
- Residents, frustrated by the strike, reported innovative waste disposal methods while a survey indicated that 57% of the electorate favors governmental intervention to clean up the streets.
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Army called in to solve Birmingham's garbage crisis as sanitation workers on strike for over a month
The city of Birmingham, the second largest in the UK after London, has become a veritable garbage dump for almost two months. This is because of a strike by sanitation workers. Since then, bags of household waste have been lying on the streets, to the dismay of locals. Given the mountains of garbage that have not been removed for more than a month, a small number of soldiers will provide temporary logistical support to local authorities, writes …
Birmingham flooded with garbage: waste invades the streets due to the garbage collectors' strike
Birmingham is flooded with garbage. The English city, inhabited by more than a million people, has been without a garbage collection service for more than a month: the garbage collectors have in fact proclaimed a strike that is leaving thousands of waste on the street with serious consequences also for public health. The images are impressive: piles of garbage bags and hundreds of different wastes, from cardboard to mattresses, invade sidewalks …
British Army Drafted by Government to Help Birmingham Trash Crisis
The Labour Party government has called upon the military to help clear garbage from the streets of Birmingham as a continuing union strike has left tens of thousands of tonnes of trash lining the streets of Britain's second-largest city. The post British Army Drafted by Government to Help Birmingham Trash Crisis Amid Garbage Collector Strike appeared first on Breitbart.
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