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Brum bin strikes could last 6 months longer

06/06/2025

Almost 400 Birmingham bin workers voted for continued strike action in a recent ballot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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LGOF: Will it work?

Dr Jonathan Carr-West, LGIU, discusses the Local Government Outcomes Framework (LGOF), the latest instalment in the history of local government accountability.
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