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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

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

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Europe’s largest local authority is to launch a judge-led inquiry to determine who is to blame for it accruing an equal pay bill worth up to £760 million.

Birmingham City Council estimated that it had an equal pay liability of between £650 million and £760 million as of March 31 this year, which was rising by between £5 million and £14 million a month.

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