Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has issued an extraordinary personal apology to “angry” local authority staff for the stress they are under as a result of an unprecedented redundancy and public spending cuts programme.Read
When the history of Birmingham’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition is finally written, it will be instructive to spend time admiring the determination and sheer staying power of personalities at the heart of the partnership.Read
Senior Birmingham council officers have enjoyed expensive perks including meals at luxury hotels, lunches at Michelin-star restaurants and tickets to top shows.
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Millions of pounds could be raised for local services and thousands of jobs could be created if Birmingham was free from central government control, the city’s chief executive has told MPs.Read
Birmingham City Council is days away from confirming the biggest spending cuts for decades, with an admission that thousands of local authority jobs will disappear over the next four years.Read
Senior politicians have clashed with Birmingham City Council’s chief executive Stephen Hughes over radical plans to cut £330 million from the city’s budget in the next four years.Read
Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes pocketed £233,000 in salary and pension contributions last year at a time when the city council braces itself for tens of thousands of job cuts, it has been revealed.Read
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