‘I’ve had death threats’: Jewish councillor faces backlash over plan for Salford’s bin problem

Andrew Walters at Salford city council. Councillors are expected to vote on his plan on 19 November. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

On the surface, Broughton Park, in Salford, Greater Manchester, is a typical slice of British suburbia.

Leafy streets wind off a hill, lined with period properties, in an area where house prices have risen fast in recent years as families move there from across the UK, and abroad, attracted by the local way of life.