Birmingham council leader quits over handling of bin strike

The Birmingham city council leader has stepped down after failing to resolve the city’s “bin war”, during which rubbish went uncollected for seven weeks this summer.Labour’s John Clancy, who took on the role in December 2015, blamed “ill-informed” and “frenzied” media speculation for his departure.On Monday, John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, backed the bin strike and Sajid Javid, the communities secretary, demanded a meeting with Clancy to dis