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Commissioners to run Birmingham city council, Michael Gove says
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/19/commissioners-to-run-birmingham-city-council-michael-gove-says
Recovery plan for country’s largest authority could include job cuts, asset sales and council tax rises
Ministers have announced commissioners will run Birmingham city council as part of a series of drastic emergency measures for the country’s largest authority, which has in effect declared itself bankrupt.
On 5 September the council issued a section 114 notice stating it did not have the resources to balance its budget because of a series of problems including a spiralling equal pay bill and IT failures.