The co-leader of the Green Party has claimed that the recent issues surrounding Brighton’s bin strike were a result of the national condition rather than being a purely local issue.
Adrian Ramsey, who shares control of the party alongside Carla Denyer, stated In a BBC interview that other councils are also dealing with fallout of government funding not providing the kind of support that is needed to help support the local services in need.
In the interview, Mr Ramsey compared the issue to a similar problem in Glasgow where councillors have been working with trade unions to resolve their issues and try to fix the problems occurring around unhappiness and potential strike action of their workers.
In his opinion, he felt that this contrast shows how the problem is on a national scale, with many other councils also seeing a lack of adequate provision from the central government who are responsible for allowing local officials to do their jobs.
However, Mr Ramsey also made sure to say that even in his role as co-leader, he is in no place to speak or represent Brighton or Brighton and Hove City Council in any way, although he added that he was very pleased to see that the current issues had seemed to have been resolved.
A deal was reached last week between the Green headed council and the GMB union, yet the task of cleaning up the left-over rubbish bags could take weeks and require extra workers to deal with this new workload.
The strike was called after drivers rebelled at plans to adapt long standing service routes and over issues regarding fair pay.
Residents have led a large number of complaints, with the city’s roads and pavements branded disgusting and them having to keep their doors and windows closed due to the nauseous smell that is now taking over.
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