Elizabeth Short
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham

Speaking to ELIZABETH SHORT, local campaigners explain why the murky plans for profit-driven ‘reform’ and the convoluted relocation of services at Europe’s largest women’s hospital need to be resisted