鉴于其今年已无法平衡账目,伯明翰市也将成为英国最新也是最大的一个宣布自己实际破产的地方当局。 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 stan...
The statement read: "Birmingham City Council has issued a s.114 notice as part of the plans to meet the council's financial liabilities relating to equal pay claims and an in-year financial gap within its budget which currently stands in the region of £87m. "In June, ...
During a debate on the plans, council leader John Cotton apologised to residents for the "unprecedented" cuts. The Labour councillor said: "It is not a budget I ever envisaged for our city. Sadly, however, it is a budget that reflects the significant challenges currently facing ...
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In response, John Cotton, leader of Birmingham City Council, said: "We must take responsibility for the failings that have contributed to our current difficulties, but the mistakes made in Birmingham have not occurred in a vacuum. Report after report shows that there's a national crisis in lo...
“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 ARL report found that the city council’s woes were initially attributed to “a prematurely disclosed and potentially overstated equal pay liability” of £760mn, a figure council officers had adjusted from an earlier figure of £121mn. ...
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Listening to the Freak Zone on the 6 Music and the organiser of the festival is saying they'll probably have to find a new city to host them as Birmingham City Council has gone bankrupt. This has had a knock on effect on the availability of local music ...