- Planned changes to bin collections in Birmingham — reintroducing recycling, moving general rubbish to fortnightly, adding weekly food-waste collections and a second recycling bin — have been paused until it's clear who will run the council.
- The pause comes after Labour lost overall control at the local election and no party has yet formed an administration; a long-running bin workers' strike also remains unresolved.
- The council apologised, said current food-waste pilots will continue, and promised further updates once a new administration is in place.
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