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  • 6 days ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Joshua Neicho |Jane Haynes

    The legacy of Birmingham poet Benjamin Zephaniah lives on in a forest being created in his nameTree planting in Burbury Park to create the Zephaniah ForestAn inspired 'trees and poems' legacy is being created in the heart of Birmingham to remember the city's literary genius Benjamin Zephaniah.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Jane Haynes

    Today's negotiations to end bin strike have apparently collapsedTalks between Birmingham City Council and Unite to end the city's devastating bin strike have ended today, apparently in acrimony. Today's negotiations shut down with the union claiming the council was 'failing to come clean' about the true fate of its bin workers, a claim the council denied.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Jane Haynes

    Birmingham City Council's leader has confirmed redundancy notices issued to striking bin workers whose jobs have been deletedBirmingham City Council has issued compulsory redundancy notices to bin workers who have refused 'alternative' job offers. The notices went out earlier this month as the council battles to resolve a dispute over its plans to transform the service, which includes axing the jobs of 170 senior bin workers.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Jane Haynes

    Councillor John Cotton, leader of Birmingham City Council, faced questions from BirminghamLive in week five of the all-out bin strikeThe leader of Birmingham City Council has faced a round of media interviews amid anger among Brummies that the agonising bin strike is still raging, despite weeks of negotiations. In his first face-to-face interview of the day, Labour's John Cotton told BirminghamLive he was committed to see an end to the dispute, but not at any price.

  • 1 week ago | birminghammail.co.uk | Jane Haynes

    Negotiations resume today between Birmingham City Council and Unite the union to end the bin strike that's blighting the cityBin dispute negotiations restart today but union officials have been warned there is 'no way' Birmingham City Council will restore the redundant role at the heart of the dispute. Council leader John Cotton said it was a 'red line that cannot be crossed', while reiterating a willingness to negotiate to settle affairs.

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Jane Haynes
Jane Haynes @JaneRockHouse
31 Jan 25

RT @AlexanderJBrock: On BBC News - a "jaw-droppingly bad" report has laid bare the problems that plagued Birmingham City Council before it…

Jane Haynes
Jane Haynes @JaneRockHouse
17 Dec 24

Published today - reaction and analysis of claims by former @BhamCityCouncil leader @johnclancy and @dgbailey around payments made to West Midlands Pension Fund https://t.co/Xx1Ru1Hmaq

Jane Haynes
Jane Haynes @JaneRockHouse
17 Dec 24

Who do you think have been Birmingham’s people of the year? Who has set the agenda, made the headlines, championed residents? Tell me who you think have been the newsmakers and heroes/villains of 2024