The Labour Run Council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade ago. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The pressure on the citys finances has been rising and rising. Europes biggest Local Authority is now in biggest Local Authority is now in big trouble. Its problems began more than a decade ago, when a Landmark Case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. But with the authoritys revenue budget, the money it spends on recurrent costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement of this summer but it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow. And that is on top of the botched roll out of a new it system which has set up back and about £100 million. The City Council Leader who is currently abroad, he says, is part of a long standing
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