1 April 2025, 15:42 | Updated: 1 April 2025, 16:33

By George Icke

As Brummies face a whopping council tax hike of 7.5%, thousands are left wondering where the money goes as stinking piles of rubbish clutter Birmingham’s streets during the ongoing strike action.

If you walk down residential streets slightly further out of the city centre, it becomes clear there is a real public health risk. Sanitary waste pours out of rat-ravaged bin bags waiting to be taken away. I found this on a street yards away from a nursery.

Four weeks on from the start of the industrial dispute, it’s clear to see the impact on working people. Slots at the tip are fully booked up at weekends and the pop-up tips running are mostly on weekdays. What choice do they have left? The........

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