Labour announce the privatisation of Birmingham’s refuse collection service

Labour announce the privatisation of Birmingham’s refuse collection service

Tomorrow afternoon (Monday), the Labour run Cabinet for Birmingham City Council will press the button on the privatisation of Birmingham’s refuse collection, litter picking and street cleansing services.

The report can be seen at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwzCnJ6e1y_MVTc5bmoxeTM4dk0 Go to paragraph 2.5

It will be interesting to know what Moseley and Kings Heath Ward Labour Councillor, Lisa Trickett, thinks of this, since she ran a ‘No to Privatisation of Council Services’ campaign in the May 2012. Indeed, she was repeatedly critical of my privatisation of the day-to-day management of our golf services.

Also, Councillor Trickett was happy to support “Keep Public Services Public” campaigns in her leaflets – see cutting below.

Will she now use her position as a Scrutiny Chair to block this privatisation of refuse services?