Birmingham Council's 'Green' Union Rating Sparks Row
Birmingham City Council rates its industrial relations as 'green' despite ongoing bins strike. Opposition leader brands the assessment 'delusional' in heated council clash.
Birmingham City Council rates its industrial relations as 'green' despite ongoing bins strike. Opposition leader brands the assessment 'delusional' in heated council clash.
Birmingham Council's ruling Labour group loses a dramatic vote following defections and the bins strike crisis. Union claims leadership has 'lost grip on power'. Read the full analysis.
Birmingham's bin strike enters its eighth month as union demands council restart negotiations. Thousands of households show support while workers face redundancy.
Lancaster University plans to cut over 400 jobs, prompting lecturer strikes and fears from local businesses and students about the economic and educational impact.
GMB union members at BAE Systems' Samlesbury and Warton sites have secured legal clearance to continue strike action in an ongoing pay dispute affecting over 1,300 workers.
Birmingham faces a summer of disruption as bin workers announce strike action over pay disputes. Get the full timeline and understand how this will affect collections across the city.
A violent passenger choked a CrossCountry train ticket inspector at Birmingham New Street station after being caught without a valid ticket. The attacker has been jailed for 16 months.