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GUY ADAMS: In the free-spending world of Birmingham City Council, financial profligacy is par for the course.
EXCLUSIVE: The leader of bankrupt Birmingham city council who took a trip to New York to celebrate his 50th birthday while the city falls into disarray won't return from his trip until next Monday.
JAN MOIR: After swindling £150,000 from chef Stephen Terry, who owns The Hardwick restaurant in Abergavenny, Nicola and Simon Nightingale (pictured) were fined a nominal £1 each.
Birmingham City Council spent millions on a botched IT system and spent another £184 million on its costly bid to stage the Commonwealth Games
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