阅读表达(每小题3分,共15分)阅读下面短文,完成短文后的问题Birmingham, the second-biggest city in the UK, said that it was bankrupt(破产的) on Sept 5.Birmingham City Council(市政委员会),which looks after services in the city, said that it could no longer pay for its planned costs. These ...
In spite of the second biggest city in the UK, Birmingham announces it has been bankrupt (破产的)on November 5th. Birmingham City Council (市政委员会), which looks after services in the city, says that it can no longer pay for its planned costs. These costs add up to around 3. 2 bil...
He told Sky News: "It's nothing short of a scandal that the bankrupt Labour-run council are selling these homes at a loss that is estimated to cost the taxpayer £320m. Especially when we have over 10,000 homeless people in temporary accommodation that the council is funding. Pro...
Birmingham city council, for example, which is in effect bankrupt, pays an employer contribution rate of about 27 per cent into the West Midlands Pensions Fund, which had a funding level of 116 per cent at its latest valuation in 2022.” John Clancy says “That’s £60M credited back t...
Birmingham council has declared itself effectively bankrupt after revealing it was being faced with a￡760m bill to settle equal pay claims.Europe's largest local authority today issued a Section 114 notice preventing all but essential soreservices spending.The bill is equal to its entire annual ...
“Central government is prepared to extend additional financial support to the city. But our commissioners, I am sure, will be confronting the political leaders of Birmingham City Council with some necessarily very difficult decisions and I hope that we can take them in a constructive spirit ...
The report calls for a public inquiry into the financial disaster, which saw the council become effectively bankrupt after news of a £760 million equal pay claim was disclosed. The report claims that figure was "prematurely disclosed and potentially overstated" while the role of Oracle was down...
Birmingham City Council Fraudsters I attempted to pay for parking in the city centre one evening. The parking machine took £2, and did not register the money or allow me to eject it. I ended up paying on the Ringo App but unfortunately it used my last parking address, so I ended up...
Birmingham City Council said it had issued a Section 114 notice in order to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay claims and an in-year financial gap within its budget, which currently stands in the region of 87 million British pounds ($109 million). With a population of about...
1.(Placename) an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001). Informal name:Brum ...