I HAVE been saying it since I came back into the council last year that it wasn’t going to be long before we saw a council going bust in this…
and our drug death rate the highest in Europe. What does that all come down to in the end? Money and let’s be blunt here the persistent issue of funding gaps has made our situation ever more precarious.Despite ongoing discussions and negotiations over funding for local governments, the commitments have fallen far short of the actual financial realities faced by our city.
Gaslighting and raising expectations time and time again, only to let the country’s biggest city down. Given the financial tightrope that we are walking, any reduction in funding or failure to increase it in line with actual needs will only push us further into further fiscal uncertainty, much like what Birmingham is going through.
We need financial commitments that are not just theoretical numbers on a spreadsheet but actual investments into our city’s infrastructure, public services, and people.
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