Birmingham City Council has agreed to pay out to a 'frustrated' resident who hired a skip to deal with mounting rubbish outside her home.

The woman claimed the council had “repeatedly failed” to collect communal waste containers, which led to an accumulation of rubbish near her block of flats.

She then felt compelled to hire a skip “at her own expense” to dispose of the waste , according to a watchdog which investigates council complaints.

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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said in a report that the council had caused “difficulties and financial expense” for the woman, who was referred to as Mrs X.

It went on to say that the Labour -run council had agreed to pay the residen

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