Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West Midlands

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:58 pm on 21 January 2026.

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Photo of Bradley Thomas Bradley Thomas Conservative, Bromsgrove 4:58, 21 January 2026

I apologise for missing the first moments of the debate. This situation is having a profound impact, and what is going on is a travesty. There is a complete failure of leadership. This is bleeding out into the wider area. My Constituency borders Birmingham, and we have streets of two halves—one half is in the Birmingham city council area, where the bins are piling up, and the other half is in Bromsgrove, where the bins are collected. We are seeing an acute rise in fly-tipping. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is a failure of leadership, and that there is no excuse for a global city in a developed G7 country to be facing a leadership failure this acute?

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