A secret war being waged in plain sight in Brighton by bin collectors has resulted in employees receiving death threats, having their tyres slashed and a cache of weapons being uncovered.
Food waste, sanitary towels and nappies have been left strewn across roads in Croydon, South London, as fed-up residents inundate local politicians with complaints.
The rejection brought pressure on ministers to get tough on their 'paymasters', with accusations that Labour's inaction was taking Britain 'back to the 1970s'.