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Birmingham bin strikes: Council boss jetted off to sunny Cannes as waste crisis escalated

Birmingham bin strikes: Council boss jetted off to sunny Cannes as waste crisis escalated

Joanne Roney, managing director of Birmingham City Council, flew to Cannes in France in the same week refuse workers began an all-out strike in the city last month

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