'Dark day' for Birmingham as tax rises and assets sale on way
Reaction follows the proposed budget showing the scale of Birmingham City Council's financial crisis.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Birmingham locals face dimmed street lights, fewer bin collections and a council tax rise of £350 as bankrupt Labour-run town hall desperately scrambles to make £300m of savings
The authority has faced fury from residents face having to pay more for fewer services as their services are set to be reduced.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Labour's Equalities Act is bankrupting councils – their Race Equality Bill would make it worse
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 the world rather than s
Source: yahoo.com
Bankrupt council to increase taxes by 10pc
Council tax in Birmingham is on track to rise 10pc despite “financial mismanagement” at the local authority causing it to go bankrupt.
Source: yahoo.com
Northumberland Labour misled over council's exit payments
A political row has broken out in Northumberland over the long-running saga around unlawful exit payments totalling more than £1 million.
Source: hexham-courant.co.uk