Birmingham City Council Leader, Councillor John Cotton, has told Sky's Shamaan Freeman-Powell he is "keen to get a resolution to the dispute", as the city deals with an ongoing bin strike. Members of Unite have been on all-out strike since 11 March in a row over pay, which the union claims will leave some members of staff £8,000 worse off. A series of walkouts have impacted refuse collections since January, leaving tonnes of rubbish on the streets. Mr Cotton says he "understands how difficult