A deal that would have settled Birmingham’s huge equal pay claims without “bankrupting” the council fell apart after trade unions found members were still suffering discrimination.
Birmingham City Council is in financial crisis on multiple fronts.
Equal pay claims of up to £760m are among the bills it cannot afford.
But since the extent of the crisis was revealed last month, it has emerged the council thought it could originally settle the matter for just £120m.
It would have happened via what is known as a “memorandum of understanding” with unions and staff.
But this deal collapsed when the GMB union claimed it had found evidence the council was not properly implementing a crucial job evaluation scheme meant to ensure male and female…
