Senior Tory Kevin Hollinrake has warned Labour’s failure to resolve the growing backlog of waste in Birmingham risks dragging the city back into an era of Victorian disease.
Writing to the Health Secretary ,Wes Streeting, this Wednesday [9th April], Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Kevin Hollinrake pointed out the public health risk of the seemingly exponentially growing rodent population in the city.
He said the release of public health warnings is “clearly in the public interest”, with the growing risk of rodent carried diseases such as “Leptospirosis, Hantavirus, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis and rat-bite fever” providing a threat to the population.
Talks remain ongoing to resolve the crisis, however the latest round of discussions between Birmingham City Council and bin men belong to the Unite union ended yesterday [8th April] without a resolution.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has conceded the situation now poses a risk to public health in Birmingham, acknowledging the risk posed in an interview with Times Radio.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has also issued guidance to Birmingham City council warning of the “public health risk associated with household waste.”
The Birmingham Conservatives have tabled a Public Health Emergency motion calling upon Labour to adopt their plan to end the strike and remove the uncollected waste. The Conservative-run Lichfield Council has also proposed sending crews to “cross the Unite pick line and tackle waste backlog”.
Birmingham City Council had already declared a major incident on Monday 31st March to attempt to address the impact of the industrial action on waste collection.
The industrial dispute began when more than 350 Unite trade union workers began walkouts in January 2025, with an indefinite strike declared on Tuesday 11th March. Unite have stated the disputes will not finish until “hugely damaging cuts” to bin collectors wages are scraped, claiming the cuts will leave 150 members £8,000 worse off.
It is estimated the wastage backlog is growing by 1,000 tonnes a week, with the total backlog already reaching 21,000 tonnes of waste.
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