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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

Starmer: Versions of Birmingham Council financial distress across the country

Birmingham City Council is to halt all new spending due to declaring itself effectively bankrupt on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

The council does not have the money to pay off an equal pay liability, estimated to be more than £1 billion.

The Independent UK

Birmingham residents warned ‘all bets are off’ on cuts as city council effectively bankrupt

Europe’s largest local authority said all new spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, must stop

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Why is Birmingham City Council effectively bankrupt, and what does it mean?

Birmingham City Council is in severe financial distress... and may now face commissioners’ intervention

Evening Standard

City council’s financial issues ‘deeply disturbing’, West Midlands Mayor says

Andy Street said it was not for him to conduct an inquisition ‘however severely there needs to be one’ after Birmingham City Council’s announcement.

The Independent UK

Birmingham residents warned ‘all bets are off’ on cuts as city council effectively bankrupt - OLD

Europe’s largest local authority said all new spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, must stop

The Independent UK

Birmingham City Council in financial distress over equal pay claims

Europe’s largest local authority said all new spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, must stop.

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Rats Invading Neighborhood Due To Mountains Of Trash

Massive peaks of fly-tipped trash have been thrown in an alleyway obstructing homeowners' lives.

Zenger

‘We live on Britain’s grimmest streets where rubbish can be seen from space’

‘The council does have a duty to help because it’s a huge health and safety hazard. You can see it on Google Earth so you can see it from space’

The Independent UK

Judge-led inquiry to be launched at city council with £760m equal pay bill

Birmingham City Council is also facing a large bill due to errors with an IT system

The Independent UK

Anger at Grenfell sprinkler delays which are fitted in just one in FIVE tower blocks

The cost of sprinklers is estimated at £500,000 per block. Birmingham City Council has spent £93million on 181 systems in its stock of 188 high-rises – 64% of the sprinkler installations in the survey.

Daily Mirror

The tower block where families are left gagging from 'smells of sewage and death'

Pleck House tower block in Birmingham has been left stinking of sewage due to a blocked waste pipe for weeks and the foul smell has left residents gagging

Daily Mirror

£250m boost as Ashes and other major cricket tests coming to Birmingham

England & Wales Cricket Board reveals new seven-year allocation with Edgbaston stadium among those to benefit

Birmingham Post

Plans revealed for 37-storey resi and student property project

Sama Investment is eyeing run-down industrial site in Birmingham to building more than 1,100 units

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Vote looms over future vision for Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter

Businesses and residents are being invited to have their say on new 'neighbourhood plan' which aims to shape the next decade of historic district

Birmingham Post

Moda Living announces expansion plans for Birmingham residential project

Developer wants to boost New Garden Square scheme in Edgbaston by up to 1,600 units to rent

Daily Mirror

'The council is charging me £700 just for being a landlord - I'm furious'

A Birmingham city centre landlord has hit out at a fee issued by the council, demanding to know what the payment would be spent on

The Independent UK

Labour MP hits out at party’s ‘putsch’ against Birmingham council chief

Ian Ward has said he will fight to stay on as city council leader after a critical Campaign Improvement Board report.

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New masterplan revealed for huge Birmingham Innovation Quarter

Commercial property group Bruntwood SciTech has teamed up with Aston University and Birmingham City Council to reveal vision for land in city centre

Nottingham Post

DWP warns Universal Credit claimants to act over expected rent increases

Many are expecting rent increases as we head into the new financial year

Daily Mirror

Brazen fly-tipper dumps 12 huge bags of ONIONS on quiet street - but is caught on camera

A Mercedes van driver has been pictured by Birmingham City Council CCTV brazenly dumping 12 large bags of onions on a quiet road, with the vehicle later seized

Daily Mirror

Driver slapped with £105 fine for driving down bus lane before noticing scam giveaway

Delivery driver Tony Hill received a bogus fine in the post claiming he had driven in a bus lane six months ago and demanding £105, before he realised it was from scammers

Birmingham Post

Council set to support £42m plan to keep Edgbaston cricket ground in ‘elite tier of international cricket venues’

Edgbaston having to compete to maintain place as 'country's best cricket venue outside of London'

Daily Mirror

Whole family forced to live cramped in single room in three-year housing wait nightmare

Oana Stafie, 40, said her family have been sharing a single room with a double bed and two single beds are crammed into it after spending three years on a council waiting list

Birmingham Post

Digbeth Loc. Studios launched with mission to create 760 jobs

New film and TV production studios will be housed in disused warehouses in Birmingham district

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