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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

Council refuse workers begin indefinite strike amid row over jobs and pay

The Unite union has warned disruption caused by bin strikes could stretch into the summer months.

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Birmingham plagued by rats ‘the size of cats’ as bin strike and HS2 blamed

Furious residents say ‘really chunky’ rodents chewing through cables and nesting in wheelie bins

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Black Sabbath to be bestowed with Birmingham's Freedom Of The City

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will be recgonised for their service to their hometown of Birmingham.

BANG Premier · Jan 22, 2025

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“I’m still amazed to this day that no one outside of Birmingham can understand a word I say!” Founding Black Sabbath members to be awarded with Freedom Of The City honour by Birmingham City Council

The original lineup of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward will join just 50 others in being recognised as Freemen by the City Of Birmingham

Metal Hammer · Jan 22, 2025

Council announces plans to honour Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah

A report recommends making each member of the rock band a Freeman of Birmingham, as well as giving a posthumous City of Birmingham Medal to the poet.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Birmingham City Council and unions agree ‘historic outcome’ to equal pay claim

Council leader John Cotton said the agreement would mark the start of a new era of productive and progressive industrial relations in the city.

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024

Illegal e-bike use won’t be stopped by banning cycling in cities, it’ll just inconvenience those who want to make our urban areas a better place

Birmingham City Council is considering closing off parts of its pedestrianised centre to bikes, but the real issue is electric motorbikes

Cycling Weekly · Nov 5, 2024

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Birmingham Council latest to consider cycling ban in city centre

Cycling campaigners say the Birmingham City Council proposals would be ‘counterproductive’ to its transport strategy

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Birmingham council to sell off athletes’ village homes at more than £300m loss

Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024

Budget Crisis Forces UK's Birmingham Towards Service Cuts, Tax Hikes

Councillors in the UK's second-largest city Birmingham were poised Tuesday to approve tax hikes and deep cuts to public services that could include axed arts funding and reduced rubbish collection, as the city fights to avoid bankruptcy.

International Business Times · Mar 5, 2024

Labour councils struggling due to party’s ‘financial mismanagement’, Sunak says

Mr Sunak was speaking after Nottingham City Council said it could follow Birmingham in declaring effective bankruptcy.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Commissioners announced to oversee cash-strapped Birmingham City Council

The largest local authority in Europe admitted last month that it could not balance its books and issued a section 114 notice.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council facing commissioners’ intervention – Gove

Communities Secretary Michael Gove also outlined plans for a local inquiry into how Birmingham ‘got to this position’.

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

‘Bankrupt’ Birmingham City Council may be forced to sell off airport and library

The residents and businesses in Birmingham deserve better, said the housing secretary Michael Gove

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

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The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

What is happening to local government finances and why are councils struggling?

Birmingham is set to be the latest council taken over by Government commissioners.

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

‘Bankrupt’ Birmingham City Council issues report on asset sales and staff cuts

An agenda issued ahead of a meeting next week also contained an unreserved apology for uncertainty caused by the authority’s financial situation.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Government-appointed commissioners ‘set to intervene’ in Birmingham City Council

Reports claim Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove could announce details of the move as soon as Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

Michael Gove to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

Housing secretary’s move will provide financial and management oversight at local authority, which is in effect bankrupt

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023

How austerity (and ideology) broke Britain

This endless week of crumbling schools, poor public services and collapsing council finances has been 13 years in the making – and even loyal Tories now know the game is up

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Birmingham Council was warned not to host Commonwealth Games before bankruptcy

Council chiefs ignored advice to focus on ‘serious’ financial problems

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Birmingham residents warned ‘all bets are off’ on cuts as city council effectively bankrupt

Europe’s largest local authority said all new spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, must stop

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Birmingham council leader Zooms ‘on holiday in New York’ as authority ‘goes bankrupt’

Labour council leaderJohn Cotton is reportedly in the Big Apple for his 50th birthday while the city council faces major crisis

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Why is Nottingham City Council effectively bankrupt, and what does Section 114 mean?

Nottingham joins a growing list of local councils that have declared effective bankruptcy by raising a Section 114 notice

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

‘Labour cannot be allowed to bankrupt Britain’, claims Sunak

The Prime Minister criticised Labour’s record running Birmingham.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Former adviser says hosting Commonwealth Games was ‘a step too far’

Max Caller said cutbacks could have been avoided if steps were taken earlier to address issues at Birmingham City Council.

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