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Birmingham bin strike brings out rats as indefinite walkout starts

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75% Informative

Rat infestations have been reported in parts of the city in recent weeks .

The row is over plans to downgrade some staff and reduce their pay.

Council said it had made a "fair and reasonable" offer to the union Unite .

Unite has claimed 70 staff could lose up to 8,000 a year each.

Council says only 17 staff would be affected by changes and none would lose as much as the union suggested.

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73

Informative language

67

Neutral language

74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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