Bankrupt Birmingham City Council should not have held the Commonwealth Games, it is claimed.
desperate situation unfolded on Tuesday
However, the viability of large-scale events, such as the annual German Christmas Market, will now be under severe scrutiny. "We've seen dirtier streets, grass being cut less frequently, our only theatre is now under threat and every subsidised bus route in the borough was just cancelled," he told BBC WM.
"We have requested written assurances from the leader of the council that any decision regarding the council's issues over equal pay represents the best value for taxpayers' money," a spokesperson for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said. GMB, the biggest union among council staff, said the announcement was a "humiliating admission of failure" on the part of the council's leadership.GMB, the biggest union among Birmingham City Council staff, said the announcement was a "humiliating admission of failure" on the part of the council's leadership
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