The Starmer government is using the Birmingham strike as a test case, whose defeat would be used as a springboard for ...

Birmingham City Council’s Oracle system woes have continued into 2025, with concerns being raised in Monday’s meeting of the council to set the annual budget, highlighting accounting problems.

Birmingham Council’s bins boss has claimed acts of “violence and intimidation” at picket lines have escalated tensions over the all-out strike. Coun Majid Mahmood, the cabinet member for environment, ...