BBCThe leader of Birmingham City Council has said it is faced with “stark choices” as councillors approved a financial recovery plan.
The authority declared itself essentially bankrupt earlier this month in part over a £760m equal pay bill.
During Monday’s four-hour, often fractious meeting, councillors took turns to question how Europe’s largest authority reached this position.
In the end they voted to approve four recommendations.
They included accepting the Section 114 notice, essentially acknowledging the council’s spending commitments exceed its revenue; agreeing spending control measures until it has passed a new budget; endorsing activity to address its…
