内容摘要：He was finance minister from January 2017 to February 2024, when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was in power.

He was finance minister from January 2017 to February 2024, when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was in power.

The dispute has since grown to include issues over the long-term pay of bin lorry drivers.In April, the union said, under new council plans, drivers' pay could also fall from £40,000 to £32,000.

The council said it was carrying out a "fair and transparent job evaluation process" agreed with trade unions, to comply with equal pay laws.A spokesperson for Acas said: "We recognise the challenges on all sides and the desire to find a resolution, and we stand ready to offer our support."Industrial disputes are by their very nature difficult to resolve. Agreement can and does take time, and there is of course a necessity for the two sides to find common ground.

As we enter the fourth month of all-out strike action in Birmingham, what is becoming increasingly apparent is that neither side feels it has much ground to give.The union says its members facing cuts to pay are being asked to make sacrifices that they as individuals cannot afford. Their determination is apparent in the outcome of this ballot.

At the same time, the council says there are limits to what it can offer and

that for the most part, are not about money."Tesla's finished," she told the BBC on the sidelines of the San Francisco Media Summit early this week.

"It was a great car company. They could compete in the autonomous taxi space but they're way behind."Tesla has long attempted to play catch-up against rival Waymo, owned by Google-parent Alphabet, whose driverless taxis have traversed the streets of San Francisco for years - and now operate in several more cities.

This month, Musk is supposed to be overseeing Tesla's launch of a batch of autonomous robo-taxis in Austin, Texas.He posted to X last week that the electric vehicle maker had been testing the Model Y with no drivers on board.