The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

Starmer: Versions of Birmingham Council financial distress across the country

Birmingham City Council is to halt all new spending due to declaring itself effectively bankrupt on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

The council does not have the money to pay off an equal pay liability, estimated to be more than £1 billion.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 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 5, 2023

Rats Invading Neighborhood Due To Mountains Of Trash

Massive peaks of fly-tipped trash have been thrown in an alleyway obstructing homeowners' lives.

Zenger · Aug 17, 2023

‘We live on Britain’s grimmest streets where rubbish can be seen from space’

‘The council does have a duty to help because it’s a huge health and safety hazard. You can see it on Google Earth so you can see it from space’

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

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

Birmingham City Council is also facing a large bill due to errors with an IT system

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Anger at Grenfell sprinkler delays which are fitted in just one in FIVE tower blocks

The cost of sprinklers is ­estimated at £500,000 per block. Birmingham City Council has spent £93million on 181 systems in its stock of 188 high-rises – 64% of the sprinkler installations in the survey.

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023

The tower block where families are left gagging from 'smells of sewage and death'

Pleck House tower block in Birmingham has been left stinking of sewage due to a blocked waste pipe for weeks and the foul smell has left residents gagging

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2023

£250m boost as Ashes and other major cricket tests coming to Birmingham

England & Wales Cricket Board reveals new seven-year allocation with Edgbaston stadium among those to benefit

Birmingham Post · Jun 14, 2023

Plans revealed for 37-storey resi and student property project

Sama Investment is eyeing run-down industrial site in Birmingham to building more than 1,100 units

Birmingham Post · Jun 9, 2023