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Reaction follows the proposed budget showing the scale of Birmingham City Council's financial crisis.

The authority has faced fury from residents face having to pay more for fewer services as their services are set to be reduced.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Certainly that’s the case with the growing number of Section 114 notices issued by councils, an effective declaration of bankruptcy which places strict limits on council spending and is usually accompanied by crippling council tax hikes. From Nottingham’s quixotic attempt to solve fuel poverty by setting up Robin Hood Energy, to Woking’s dream of a Singapore-in-Surrey, council bosses have grown increasingly desperate to save th...

Council tax in Birmingham is on track to rise 10pc despite “financial mismanagement” at the local authority causing it to go bankrupt.

A political row has broken out in Northumberland over the long-running saga around unlawful exit payments totalling more than £1 million.

Council has the largest land estate of any UK local authority, attracting £34m per year

The lead commissioner at the effectively bankrupt council says that increase is "par for the course".

Hundreds of thousands of families face an extra £200 on their council tax bills from Europe’s largest local authority, it emerged on Sunday..

Labour-led Nottingham City Council issued a section 114 notice, meaning it is effectively bankrupt, in late November.

Labour-led Nottingham City Council issued a section 114 notice, meaning it is effectively bankrupt, in late November.