Birmingham council leader says end of city’s bin strike ‘within sight’

The end of the year-long Birmingham bin strike is now “within sight”, the city council leader has said after committing to an improved offer for refuse workers. On Monday, John Cotton, the Labour leader of Birmingham city council, said a new, improved offer could be made to workers that he hoped would “end the strike once and for all”. “After months of frustration and delay, for the first time in over 12 months, a negotiated settlement to end the bin strike is now within sight,” he said. …