SIR KEIR Starmer has urged striking bin workers to start negotiating as tons of rat-ridden rubbish pile up.
His challenge came as photos showed a major clean-up was needed to clear a car park in 24 hours in Birmingham.
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The 50ft long, 6ft mound of festering mess had been dumped at Tyseley Community Centre.
Four bin lorries and a craned truck were brought in overnight to clear it.
Meanwhile, police put up barriers at the picket line to stop refuse trucks being blocked in the weeks-long dispute row over pay and jobs.
No 10 said: “Unite need to get round the table with the council to end this strike.”
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However, the union called on Labour to stick up for workers, saying bin crews woke up to a pay cut of £8,000 a year.
Unite said: “It is not surprising that many workers in Britian question the Labour government’s commitment to working people, when it issues a statement clearly blaming bin workers in a dispute not of their making.
“The bottom line about this dispute is that these workers, woke up one morning to be told they would be taking up to an £8,000 pay cut.
They are being made to pay the price for austerity and bad decisions by Birmingham City Council.”
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