How Birmingham city council ended up in financial crisis: a timeline

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How Birmingham city council ended up in financial crisis: a timeline

Questions emerging about whether the figures behind the city council’s bankruptcy stack upBirmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ dataQuestions are starting to emerge about how exactly Birmingham city council ended up in a financial crisis, and whether the figures behind its problems actually stack up.Here is a rundown of how events unfolded. Continue reading...