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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Starmer: Versions of Birmingham Council financial distress across the country

PA Wire

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said there are versions of the financial crisis at Birmingham City Council “across the country” as he pledged to look at a settlement for local authorities.

The Labour-led local authority, Europe’s largest, declared itself effectively bankrupt on Tuesday when it issued a Section 114 notice.

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