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The political leadership at Birmingham City Council faced fury over the bins strike this week amid “unacceptable costs” and the approach of a grim milestone.

The current industrial action , triggered by a dispute between the council and Unite the union, has now been rumbling on since January.

During the past 11 months or so, it has caused heaps of rubbish to pile up during its height; demonstrations outside depots and furious outbursts during council meetings.

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Such disruptions continued during Tuesday’s full council meeting, when one man in support of Unite in the public gallery began shouting about how the dispute had ‘wasted’ millions of pounds.

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