More to be done one year after Birmingham City Council bankruptcy

One year after Birmingham City Council effectively declared itself bankrupt, opposition leaders described it as “deeply worrying” commissioners brought in to help the authority said more needs to be done.

In a report, commissioners said the council did not “have sufficiently robust plans to balance the budget in 2025-26 and subsequent years”.

Councillor Robert Alden, leader of Birmingham Local Conservatives, called it “deeply worrying” that the Labour administration did not appear to have the right plans in place.

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