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Sir Keir Starmer tells striking binmen to end walkout as rat-infested rubbish tips pile on misery

Published on April 04, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Sir Keir Starmer tells striking binmen to end walkout as rat-infested rubbish tips pile on misery

SIR KEIR Starmer has urged striking bin workers to start negotiating as tons of rat-ridden rubbish pile up.

His challenge came as to clear a car park in 24 hours in .

Before-and-after photos showing a car park overflowing with trash after a bin strike, then cleared.
The 50ft long, 6ft mound of festering mess had been dumped at Tyseley Community Centre
Before and after photos showing a car park piled high with rubbish bags, then cleared.
The scene at Tyseley Community Centre after four bin lorries and a craned truck were brought in overnight to clear it
A large pile of garbage bags at a temporary household waste center in Birmingham, during a bin strike.
Elsewhere, a festering mountain of hundreds of black bags piled 6ft high at a temporary collection pointin Tyseley, Birmingham – as the city's bin strike hits a 4th week

The 50ft long, 6ft mound of had been dumped at Tyseley Community Centre.

Four bin lorries and a craned truck were brought in overnight to clear it.

Meanwhile, put up barriers at the picket line to stop refuse trucks being blocked in the weeks-long dispute row over pay and .

No 10 said: “Unite need to get round the table with the council to .”;

However, the union called on Labour to stick up for workers, saying bin crews woke up to a pay cut of £8,000 a year.

Unite said: “It is not surprising that many workers in Britian question the Labour government’s commitment to working people, when it issues a statement clearly blaming bin workers in a dispute not of their making.

“The bottom line about this dispute is that these workers, woke up one morning to be told they would be taking up to an £8,000 pay cut.

They are being made to pay the price for austerity and bad decisions by Birmingham City Council.”;

Two large rats near trash.
‘Rats the size of cats' have been terrorising locals in Birmingham
Pile of garbage bags on a residential street.
Rubbish piled up on Grove Cottage Rd in Bordesley Green in Birmingham
Overfilled dumpsters overflowing with trash bags and cardboard boxes on a city street.
City residents claim they can smell the stench while walking down the street
Large rat running across pavement.
Vermin the size of ‘small cats' were seen scurrying around the streets
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