内容摘要：in recent years as it tries to settle on locations for development, in a bid to

in recent years as it tries to settle on locations for development, in a bid to

Wendy Morton, Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills said neighbouring councils must not be left out of pocket as result of the strikes which were having a "knock-on effect" in Walsall with extra demand on recycling centres and traffic building up.Council tax payers in Walsall would end up footing the bill, she added, while she said she understood neighbouring councils were offering to help clear up the rubbish.

"If this were to be the case and other local authorities were helping, can we be reassured that any costs incurred would be funded by the government or Birmingham City Council because I don't feel it's the job of my local tax payers to be funding the clean-up of Birmingham's streets?," she added.Morton urged ministers to condemn the strike and step in to bring it to an end.Environment Minister Daniel Zeichner said while he recognises the gravity of the situation, it was best to work with people locally to find a solution.

, although walkouts have been taking place since January.They are fighting plans to remove some roles and downgrade others.

Birmingham City Council said only a small number of workers would be facing pay cuts, and it desperately needs to save money after effectively declaring itself bankrupt in 2023.

England's health secretary's comments reflect the crisis point many in Birmingham feel the situation has reached."My brother was a Royal Marines Commando, the other was a Spitfire mechanic, so I wanted to do something, too," she says.

Eileen, from Sewards End, near Saffron Walden, Essex, was sent to a farm at Takeley, near what is now Stansted Airport, where she lived in a hostel with 16 other girls."Growing up with two brothers, I wasn't used to being with a group of girls, but I absolutely loved it," she says.

Eileen had grown up in the East End of London and left school "with not much of an education" at 14."We lived near the River Thames. When the war broke out, nothing really happened for a few months, and then one Saturday we were sitting around the kitchen table and we heard the planes coming up the river. They started bombing us," she remembers.