The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham City Council

PIP claimants could get up to £2,000 cost of living payment - full guide and dates

Here is a full guide of what you could be entitled to and important dates

Nottingham Post · Jul 1, 2022

More than half a billion pounds in public money paid to rogue housing providers in just one city

Exclusive: In Birmingham, £555m has been paid out in housing benefit in just four years to providers subject to watchdog action

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Aston Villa launch consultation into major stadium expansion

Club plans to add more than 7,000 seats to Villa Park and create new community and commercial hub

Birmingham Post · Jun 28, 2022

Family-of-five's 'nightmare' as they sleep on hotel floor with kids bitten by bed bugs

A homeless family-of-five from Birmingham have been left crammed into a hotel room where nails are protruding from beds and towels are used as curtains

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

Fury as bubble bath poured into city fountain hours after £5m repairs

Council says person responsible will be put before the courts for 'vandalism' as thousands of pounds of damage is caused

Wales Online · May 24, 2022

Stinking pile of rubbish so big it was visible on Google Earth festered in back garden

The rubbish was attracting vermin - until council cleared it up when problem was made public

Wales Online · May 21, 2022

Pile of rubbish in back garden so big it's visible on Google Earth

Angela and Kevin O'Donnell attempted to discuss the problem with the tenant living at the council house, but have never been able to get someone to answer the door

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

Inside 'the mouldiest flat in England' from which tenants are finally being relocated

A new video of the Birmingham flat, taken by social media housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa inside the house, has helped pressure authorities into taking action

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2022

Inside the grim flat where mould covers every surface

Reporter Jane Haynes went to see the home for herself

Wales Online · May 10, 2022

Mum with cancer fears family will 'have to sleep in car' amid eviction nightmare

Shirley McPadden claims she was offered "much higher rent for a ****hole" by Birmingham City Council, and is now desperately trying to find alternative housing.

Daily Record · May 7, 2022