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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Bankrupt Birmingham City Council agrees huge equal pay deal after £760m dispute

Birmingham City Council has reached an agreement to settle thousands of historic equal pay claims costing millions, just over a year after effectively going bankrupt.

GMB Union, which brought the claims alongside Unison, said the agreement meant four years after launching its campaign, 6,000 low-paid, predominantly female workers should finally receive settlement payments from the local authority.

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