Bin strikes in Birmingham could go on for months, a union has warned. Unite members have staged a series of one-day walkouts since January, but on Wednesday the trade union announced refuse workers would move to all-out strikes from 11 March.

War of words as council claims far fewer workers are affected - and claim they stand to lose less cash - than Unite has alleged

Strike action has been escalated by bin workers in Birmingham, and will become an indefinite all-out strike in March. More than 350 workers voted for the industrial action in December over what Unite the Union called an "attack on their pay and [working] conditions" by employer Birmingham City Council.