Birmingham City Council debates 9.99% council tax hike and £300m of cuts
Birmingham City Council’s plans for an annual 9.99% increase in council tax and £300 million of cuts have been described as a “double whammy of higher taxes and fewer services”.
A meeting of the authority was told the savings, including cuts to library services, were needed to secure £1.255 billion in exceptional financial support (EFS) loans from central Government.
The Labour-run council declared itself effectively bankrupt in September last year, after identifying equal pay liabilities estimated at £760 million, and is now said to be on a “narrow path
