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Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council faces being hit with a “financial penalty” from the government if it misses a crucial environmental deadline due to the bins strike.

The council’s waste service transformation, which will see collections of household rubbish become fortnightly, was initially set to be introduced in phases from April this year.

Weekly food waste collections and a second recycling bin specifically for recycling paper and cardboard were also planned to be brought in earlier this year as part of the project.

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But these changes were delayed due to the impact of the bins strike , which disrupted collections and left huge piles of rubbish in

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