The largest local authority in Europe issues a distress notice that means all new spending must cease.
The GMB Union - which has represented council workers in thethat have been linked to the council’s financial difficulties - has released a strongly worded statement calling the announcement a"humiliating admission of failure" on the part the council's officials and leadership.
"Not only are they responsible for creating this crisis through years of discriminating against their own staff, but even they no longer believe themselves capable of fixing it," says GMB Organiser Michelle McCrossen. She accuses the council of stealing wages"from its low-paid women workers" and running up a huge equal pay liability"that has brought Birmingham to the brink".
Quote Message: Due to the reckless incompetence of council bosses, thousands of city employees will be worrying for the future of their jobs and of the essential services that they provide for the people of Birmingham." Due to the reckless incompetence of council bosses, thousands of city employees will be worrying for the future of their jobs and of the essential services that they provide for the people of Birmingham."
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