VE Day: Council duties under the Armed Forces Covenant
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under the Armed Forces Covenant.
IFS: Funding increases have not reversed austerity
10/06/2024 Councils in England have outspent cash boosts in recent years, leaving core funding 18% lower per person than at the start of the 2010s, think-tank reveals. |
Brum equal pay wait goes on
01/05/2024 Birmingham City Council faces a further wait before declaring its equal pay liabilities after auditors' warning. |
Gove could launch police inquiry for Birmingham
01/05/2024 Reports the levelling up secretary could send a police chief in to investigate financial mismanagement in Birmingham City Council have resurfaced. |
Birmingham 'worse' than commissioners feared
22/02/2024 The situation in Birmingham City Council is worse than commissioners expected, a report to the secretary of state has claimed. |
Birmingham faces 10% council tax hike
10/01/2024 Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council could raise council tax by 10% if the Government gives its finance plan the go-ahead. |
Brum blame culture still 'largely unaddressed'
04/12/2023 Birmingham City Council’s problems of governance and accountability are still ‘largely unaddressed’, despite some gains made by the authority. |
Job cuts 'inevitable' at Brum
14/11/2023 Birmingham City Council is poised to reveal a worse-than-expected financial position as it embarks on a savings drive and ‘inevitable’ job cuts, The MJ has learned. |
Brum commissioners warn council will need further help to agree lawful budget
09/11/2023 Commissioners at Birmingham City Council have warned it will struggle to agree a lawful budget next year without further help. |
Birmingham 'actively exploring' action against s151
12/10/2023 Birmingham CC is ‘actively exploring’ action against its former director of council management Becky Hellard for her role in the collapse of the council. |
Birmingham commissioners revealed
05/10/2023 The team tasked with turning round Birmingham City Council has been announced – including a former Labour minister and a serving council chief. |
Birmingham issues second section 114 notice
21/09/2023 Birmingham City Council has issued a second section 114 notice as it has failed to come up with a plan to meet its equal pay liabilities. |
Brum braced for Government intervention
12/09/2023 Birmingham City Council is braced for a wide-ranging Government intervention to help rescue the authority’s bleak finances, and improve political and officer leadership. |
Birmingham issues section 114 notice
05/09/2023 The UK’s biggest local authority, Birmingham City Council, has issued a section 114 notice in the face of crippling financial problems. |
Warning Birmingham equal pay bill could rise further
26/07/2023 Birmingham City Council’s mammoth equal pay bill could rise further if it fails to meet a tight deadline to fix the issue. |
Birmingham scolded over housing
24/05/2023 Around 23,000 social homes owned by Birmingham City Council do not meet the Decent Homes Standard. |
Rowley orders Birmingham finance review over chaotic IT contract
25/04/2023 A Government-imposed governance review of Birmingham City Council has been expanded after massive failures in its accounts IT system emerged. |
Minister admits to shifting goalposts on levelling up bids
23/01/2023 A Government minister has admitted to shifting the rules on Levelling Up Fund bids after applications had been submitted. |
Birmingham complaints handling ‘fundamentally flawed’
17/01/2023 Birmingham City Council has been ordered to overhaul its ‘fundamentally flawed’ complaints procedures by the housing ombudsman. |
Aberdeen named council of the year at MJ Awards
02/10/2020 Aberdeen City Council has been named Local Authority of the Year in The MJ’s first virtual local government awards. |
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Council wins battle to ban anti LGBT protests
26/11/2019 Birmingham City Council has won a court battle to permanently ban anti-LGBT protests outside a local primary school. |
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Brum improvement team issues final damning judgement and walks away
02/04/2019 Birmingham City Council’s intervention team has issued a final, damning report on the crisis-hit council and walked away – despite admitting its job is not complete. |
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Call for tourism tax review
05/02/2019 An inquiry into cultural investment in cities has called for a UK-wide review of the benefits of a tourism tax. |
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Birmingham residents asked for input on new ward boundaries
16/12/2015 Birmingham residents have been asked for their input in the drawing up of new ward boundaries. |
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Birmingham leader under fire over communications
14/09/2015 Birmingham City Council’s Labour leader has been accused of failing to communicate effectively over plans to transform the beleaguered local authority. |
