Birmingham City Council faces a further wait before declaring its official equal pay liabilities after auditors warned ‘we have yet to receive the evidence we need to complete our work’.
A progress report by external auditor Grant Thornton revealed they still cannot sign off Birmingham’s accounts for 2020-21 and 2021-22 due to lingering concerns.
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