Birmingham politicians call for planned cuts to be halted or scaled back
by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q5G8)
Birmingham was planning 300m in cuts but there are concerns the council's financial crisis was overstated
Politicians in Birmingham have called for council cuts, thought to be the biggest in local authority history, to be halted or scaled back due to concerns the council's financial crisis may have been overstated.
Birmingham city council is planning to make 300m in savings and sell assets worth 750m before April 2026 after it issued a section 114 notice, effectively declaring bankruptcy, in September last year.
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