presumably all buduets birmingham city council. could be _ birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could be slashed. - birmingham city council. presumably all budgets could be slashed. what . all budgets could be slashed. what about any sort of bailout from central government? find about any sort of bailout from central government?- about any sort of bailout from central government? and it looks unlikel . central government? and it looks unlikely- no _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, the _ central government? and it looks unlikely. no 10, the prime - central government? and it looks i unlikely. no 10, the prime minister a's official spokesperson was asked about it this morning and said they were aware of the difficulty is that birmingham city council is fine saying. but it pointed out to the fact that increase the funding received this year. they effectively are looking at how they have managed to get themselves into the situation. across the board, despit

intervention, michael gove. trt your permission mr speaker, i would like to make a statement about birmingham city councilthe citizens of that great city as it should have. for years now the city has suffered as the council has failed to grip underperformance. poor leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and an effective service delivery have harmed the city. senior leaders both elected members and officers have come and gone but the one constant has been a failure to deliver for residents who deserve better. i believe strongly in local government, local decision—making and the devolution of power to local communities but i also believe that when failures in local government occur we must act. as we devolve more power to local government overall so we must demand sharper accountability and the need for action in birmingham is pressing. 0n the 5th of september the chief financial officer at the council issued a section 114 notice which set out the full gravity of its financial situation. as a result, i am satisfied that birmingham city council is failing to comply with its b

birmingham city _ this mean? what it means is that birmingham city council - this mean? means is that birmingham city council are - this mean? what it means is that birmingham city council are not l this mean? what it means is that i birmingham city council are not able to meet their spending requirements for this financial year with the income that they currently have. because of that they have a statutory duty to alert the government what is known as a section 114 government what is known as a section "4 notice that we had in that clip there that they will not be able to meet their spending commitments. what happens next is that new spending commitments are frozen but that does not necessarily mean that the authority will stop spending on key services. going forward they need to find a way to close the budget gap. there are a number ways that they can do that. some authorities request what they call a capitalisation direction from the government which allows them to use money from the capital budget or from selling off assets. all they can raise council tax but that won

there is no control of- birmingham city council, if the big ones: _ birmingham city council, if the bighere so much interdots _ —— not enough indians, there so much interdots dots — —— not enough indians, there so much interdots dots you know, they have -ot interdots dots you know, they have got friends, and things like that. yeah. _ got friends, and things like that. yeah. 0k. — got friends, and things like that. yeah. 0k. i_ got friends, and things like that. yeah, ok, i know where you are coming from, i know where you are getting at. let us bring in something else from the city. cathy, i will be with you in south norwood but kynton swingle. thank you for getting in touch, you are worried about this and thank you for everything you do. it is amazing your work, everything you do. it is amazing yourwork, how everything you do. it is amazing your work, how will this impact you? i think that some of the points already today have been valid but i think there has been missed a lot, if it will be the local residents that will miss out. we have seen since 2010 roughly 34% spending cuts, in bi

birmingham city council, the largest local authority in europe, has effectively declared bankruptcy. issued a section 114 notice, which blocks spending on all but essential services. birmingham called an unofficial spending freeze injune after it revealed a £760 million equal pay bill, while it attempted to resolve its financial issues. live now to our midlands correspondent navtej johal in birmingham. just bring us up—to—date on the latest on this. just bring us up-to-date on the latest on this.— latest on this. well, this is the latest on this. well, this is the latest chapter _ latest on this. well, this is the latest chapter of _ latest on this. well, this is the latest chapter of what - latest on this. well, this is the latest chapter of what has - latest on this. well, this is the | latest chapter of what has been latest on this. well, this is the i latest chapter of what has been a sorry saga for this city, birmingham city council, as you say, but only the largest authority, local authority in the country but across europe in terms of the population that it serves. these issue

we launched the successful competition for incompetent and today incompetent councils and today birmingham , birmingham cityeffectively declared bankruptcy as faces a £760 million bill. as it faces a £760 million bill. we will be hearing from one of birmingham's very own councillors on this matter . councillors on this matter. state of the nation starts now . state of the nation starts now. so

do you bail out birmingham city council? he quick bail out a labour run council and especially when you look at the figures, because the liability on the equal pay claims is now up to 760 million and that's accruing at a rate of 5 to 14 million each month. >> so if nothing is done, the bill gets ever higher. >> so a lot of people in the newsroom are asking me, liam, what's this equal pay claim thing? and there's what's this equal pay claim thin much and there's what's this equal pay claim thinmuch being and there's what's this equal pay claim thin much being writteniere's what's this equal pay claim thinmuch being written about it not much being written about it at the so let me just at the moment. so let me just unpackit at the moment. so let me just unpack it a little bit back in 2012, the supreme court in this country judged that local council workers that were predominantly in occupations that were women with respect, so say dinner ladies, for instance, working in school canteens or so on, they would be being treated unfa

ultimately, what this relates to is a massive £760 million black hole in the finances of birmingham city council some of it is because of cost applications to do with its it system. that has meant that around £100 million of extra money has to be put towards that. but the main reason that this council is in so much debt relates to a 2012 ruling by the supreme court. now, essentially what that is , now, essentially what that is, is an equal pay claim . it means is an equal pay claim. it means that there was a problem with payments to men that weren't being given to women specifically around bonuses in jobs at the council that were traditionally male dominated industries . traditionally male dominated industries. for traditionally male dominated industries . for example, traditionally male dominated industries. for example, bin men, whereas maybe teaching assistants who are part of a traditionally dominated female in industry weren't given the same opportunities. now that bill has really run up to the tune of around £650 million, and the council today is saying that they can't afford to pay for it

birmingham city yep, rather well run. so and but the othe birmingham city council, yep, birmingham city council, birmingham city council hascial liabilities relating to equal pay claims and an in—year financial gap within its budget, which currently stands in the region of £87 million. >> in june, the council announced that it had potential liability relating to equal pay claims in the region of 650 million to 760 million, with an ongoing liability accruing at a rate of 5 million to £14 million per month. the council's senior officers and members are committed to dealing with the financial situation and when more information available, more information is available, it shared. well, i'm it will be shared. well, i'm sure reassuring to you sure that's reassuring to you all. 87 million in your budget. that's the one you should really watch. that's all from me. up next, it's our resident professor, professor daniel wootton . dan, what's coming up wootton. dan, what's coming up on your programme? well, we're very excited, jacob. >> brand new tuesday >> we have a brand new tuesday superstar panel, so i'm going to give you clues,

birmingham city yep, rather well run. so and but the othe birmingham city council, yep, birmingham city council, birmingham city council hasiabilities relating to equal pay claims and an in—year financial gap within its budget, which currently stands in the region of £87 million. >> in june, the council announced that it had potential liability relating to equal pay claims in the region of 650 million to 760 million, with an ongoing liability accruing at a rate of 5 million to £14 million per month. the council's senior officers and members are committed to dealing with the financial situation and when more information available, more information is available, it shared. well, i'm it will be shared. well, i'm sure reassuring to you sure that's reassuring to you all. 87 million in your budget. that's the one you should really watch. that's all from me. up next, it's our resident professor, professor daniel wootton . dan, what's coming up wootton. dan, what's coming up on your programme? well, we're very excited, jacob. >> brand new tuesday >> we have a brand new tuesday superstar panel, so i'm going to give you clues, see y

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — effectively declares bankruptcy.l be blocked. us officials say north korea's leader kim jong—un plans to travel to russia this month to meet president vladimir putin. the un secretary—general antonio guterres calls on the world to make africa a renewable energy superpower at the africa climate summit in nairobi — but more than 500 african civil society organizations call for the gathering to be halted. and organisers have finally given the go—ahead for people to leave the burning man festival in nevada. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. birmingham city council, the largest local authority in europe, has effectively declared bankruptcy. it issued a section 114 notice, which blocks spending on all but essential services. birmingham called an unofficial spending freeze injune after it revealed a £760 million equal pay bill, while it attempted to resolve its financial issues. live now to our midlands correspondent navtej johal in birmingham.

birmingham city council, the largest local authority in europe, has effectively declared bankruptcy. section 114 notice, which blocks spending on all but essential services. birmingham called an unofficial spending freeze injune after it revealed a £760 million equal pay bill, while it attempted to resolve its financial issues. here's our midlands correspondent, navteonhal, in birmingham with the latest. these issues have been brewing now for not just months but for years. this all began really a decade ago, when a landmark court case ruled that birmingham city council had to pay an unequal pay dispute, the claims that emerged from that, mainly to female staff or to staff that would traditionally be in roles that were done by female staff, for example teaching assistants and cleaners. the bill for that so far over the last decade or so has been more than £1 billion. but then earlier this summer, at emerged that on top of what has already been paid there was another up to £760 million to pay as part of that ongoing equal pay liability as well. and that's what's really forced the hand o

birmingham? some of the things that potentially could go to the city council share and birmingham airport and 40%o the library here in birmingham in the library here in birmingham in the library here in birmingham in the library birmingham and the museum and art gallery in the stadium where the athletics took place in the commonwealth games last year, there'll be lots of decisions to be made by city council and the councils under commission and coming in and is a full council meeting taking place on monday where they would discuss the financial recovery plan with lots of difficult decisions lying ahead and still to be made which will eventually translate into the lives of people living in the uk second city. london fashion week concludes tonight. following a spectrum of emerging talent alongside household names. reporter yasmin khatun dewan caught up with kazna asker, a british—yemeni muslim designer who presented during the week for the first time. for my debut presentation, i presented a film called fight for me, sheffield. it is a love letter to the city that raised me and what inspires me in

and it's money, suppose it's taxpayers money, i suppose labour council, labour would the city council, that birminghame had to pay will say, well we, we had to pay £760 million to two female workers predominantly. >> are >> so this is people who are like and dinner ladies. like cleaners and dinner ladies. so the traditionally more female occupations we had to pay them money because we hadn't paid them enough. they were giving bonuses to more traditionally male jobs, like refuse collectors. they to pay collectors. so they have to pay that money. they should have been the first been paying it in the first place. arguably so what? what can if they to meet can they do if they have to meet that i mean, the issues that cost? i mean, the issues that cost? i mean, the issues that with in that they're grappling with in this councils will this regard, all councils will be grappling with. >> so don't know why >> so i don't know why birmingham specifically should >> so i don't know why bir somehow specifically should >> so i don't know why birsomehow immune lly should >> so i don't know why birsomehow immune from

the deputy head of the birmingham city council announced that the city has been facing long-term problemsn paying the expenses of the city administration, and the culprits are the ruling hadith. he is conservative because he avoided paying one billion tomans from the publishing budget during his rule . the financial crisis is not the only city in england that is facing economic problems. birmingham will have an effect. the situation of this city is a sign of a very serious problem. in america , we also saw three cases of bankruptcy in the banking sector. the finances of many countries have increased. the minister of foreign affairs of iraq is leaving for tehran today to implement the process of the iran-iraq security agreement. based on the tehran-baghdad security agreement, why all terrorist and separatist groups in the kurdistan region were removed from the common borders of iran and iraq? far slowing down the baghdad-tehran security agreement and keeping the separatist groups away from the benefits of the islamic republic with iraqi kurdistan has become the most important issue of the

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — has declared itself effectively bankruptl new council spending in the city must stop — except for services that it has to provide by law — schools, social care, waste collection, protecting the vulnerable, for example. the labour—run council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade ago. it has also had major issues with a new it system. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there. the pressure on the city's finances has been rising and rising. europe's biggest local authority is now in biggest local authority is now in big trouble. its problems began more than a decade ago, when a landmark case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. but with the authority's revenue budget, the money it spends on recurrent costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement of this summer but it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow. and that is on

in the u.k., the birmingham city council has put out a special notice that blocks spending on all but essential services, essentially declaring itself bankrupt. it is the latest local authority in the u.k. to be in financial distress, finding itself unable to balance the budget in the face of high inflation and mounting cost. >> the u.k.'s second largest city is in big financial trouble. birmingham's city council has declared itself effectively bankrupt, become the late -- becoming the latest government body to announce it can no longer balance the books. the council will tighten the spin controls already in place and put them in the hands of the section 151 officer. the move means only spending with the exception of protecting and vulnerable people must stop immediately. birmingham announced last month it was facing severe budget shortfalls, about 100 million euros for 2023, -- 2023-20 24, rising to almost double that in 2024-2025. several factors have contributed to these financial troubles. the city council has paid out more than one billion euros to settle claims it discriminated

i think my chair's a bit bossed like birmingham city council. . if i can, i'll frankly. anyway, if i can, i'll get you a list of the councils on the screen before i bring ben in. so look at this just to in. so we look at this just to give you a little bit of context, because this is not just birmingham. um, you've got birmingham, got woking, birmingham, you've got woking, you've you've you've got thurrock, you've got croydon, got croydon, you've got northumberland, let's keep it rolling, move on to the next one because i assure you ladies and gents, there's more, there's more. keep going. you've got . more. keep going. you've got. we've just done ben, we've done this one. we've done. move on to page two. what's going on in the background? >> you've got kent, which is warning. i know they haven't declared yet, but they're warning they're in trouble. there's something like 26 councils. there's 26 that are on the cusp of it. >> ben habib, let me start with you on this birmingham. they've been speaking out today. deputy leader speaking out leader has

council has failed to grip under—performance. poor leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and ineffective service delivery have harmed the city. clearly, we have challenges here in birminghame decent services that the people of this city need and deserve. and that's what we'll be working with them to do. critics say the council's only got itself to blame. it's wasted £100 million on a botched it system and it still owes £760 million on equal pay claims from women who were paid less than men on the same grade. this is the men's shed, a space for older men to come for company and support. it's self—sufficient now, but wouldn't be here without council funding. it'll mean that new sheds won't be started up unless there's a commercial company possibly that's prepared to back them. there have been some such where a company has decided to give a start—up grant for sheds. they are few and far between, though. it's barely a year since birmingham was on a high when it hosted the commonwealth games. now its golden years seem far behind and the city will have to reflect on a future of more council tax and fewer services. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the state of manipur in the n

now we are going to return to the story about a birmingham city council. bankruptcy, issuing a section 114 order, preventing all but essential spending. how has it reached this point? spending. how has it reached this oint? . . . . spending. how has it reached this oint? , , , , ., spending. how has it reached this oint? , ,, , ., , point? these issues have been bubbfinu point? these issues have been bubbling away. _ point? these issues have been bubbling away, not _ point? these issues have been bubbling away, notjust - point? these issues have been bubbling away, not just for - point? these issues have been - bubbling away, notjust for months now, but for years. bubbling away, notjust for months now, but foryears. in bubbling away, notjust for months now, but for years. in 2012, a now, but foryears. in 2012, a landmark now, but for years. in 2012, a landmark court ruling meant the city council had to pay to settle a number of equal pay claims to mostly female staff who had missed out on bonuses which were paid to mostly male staff. over the past decade or

this time it is labour run birmingham city council which serves a million people.f you are thinking this doesn't matter because you don't live in birmingham, there are a growing number of people who would argue it does, and that today's financial collapse as part of a wider and growing problem. birmingham's woes follow on from conservative led croydon council in south london declaring bankruptcy three times in two years, thurrock in essex, and a string of others including slough and woking. more are on the brink, including stoke—on—trent. so, how does a council's bankruptcy affect those who live within its boundaries and how many more town halls could find themselves facing similar crises? we will be discussing all of this in a moment. first, here is joe. it has long been in the making but now how have birmingham city council's finances collapsed ? the city centre has recently been regenerated. it is the home of big business, like the uk hq of hsbc. it has had a commonwealth games and will soon benefit from hs2, but it cannot pay its bills. the home of black sabbat

that doesn't mean they'll end up in the situation that birmingham city council has found themselves in way councils are funded to make sure services can continue in the long term, the services that a lot of people rely on our more sustainable. we'll have more on the story and about half an hour. let's turn to the war in ukraine — because a high level, and high stakes meeting — could happen this month, between north korea's leader according to us officials, kimjong unis expected to make kimjong un and russian president vladimir putin. according to us officials, kimjong unis expected to make a rare visit overseas — and discuss the possibility of north korea providing moscow with weapons, to support its war in ukraine. the exact location of the planned meeting is not clear. in a statement, us national security officials say, that "arms negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. but when asked about this possible summit, the kremlin spokesman said, he had "nothing to say on this." and couldn't confirm the meeting. sean, what is their reading of this meeting and how

while birmingham city council.fter it was declared effectively bankrupt , declared effectively bankrupt, it's now facing a growing equal pay it's now facing a growing equal pay liability of just under £1 billion and an £87 million financial gap . the communities financial gap. the communities secretary says today's action is aimed at protecting the interests of the city's residents. >> birmingham city council has not served the citizens of that great city as it should have for years now. the city has suffered as the council has failed to grip underperform . once poor grip underperform. once poor leadership , weak governance, leadership, weak governance, woeful mismanagement of employee relations and ineffective service delivery have harmed the city. senior leaders, both elected members and officers have come and gone . but the one have come and gone. but the one constant has been a failure to deliver for residents . deliver for residents. >> michael gove well the government is facing criticism for its decision to g

the birmingham well that will all be soon fairly plain paul the birmingham city council out of the frying. the frying pan. >> yeah daily mail here reporting michael gove has outlined plans to appoint commissioners to take over birmingham city council and to launch a local inquiry. we'll have an inquiry into the authority's finances after it declared itself effectively bankrupt . but earlier this month bankrupt. but earlier this month and this is incredible , a story and this is incredible, a story that doesn't seem to get enough time for my liking because this is a real one thing. the mail misses out on here is this is a labour for local authority and thatis labour for local authority and that is important because it's labour local authorities that seem to find themselves in this section 114 notice prediction predicament, should i say . and predicament, should i say. and it's been it's racked up birmingham racked up a £760 million debt largely because they couldn't pay it initially and it was going up by 5 to £14, £14 million per month. and the reason that they they were fined this much i

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — has declared itself effectively bankruptting the vulnerable, for example.

bbc news is been told the government will announce his intention to intervene at birmingham city councilhat there will be a statement in the house of commons from the ministerfrom statement in the house of commons from the minister from the department of levelling up housing and local government. the minister was set up the first steps in the process that could see commissioners being appointed to run some of the council operations and that is basically with regards to birmingham city council expecting some sort of announcement tomorrow. new research new research suggests the social media platform — snapchat — was involved in nearly half of all online grooming crimes recorded by police in england and wales in the past year. figures obtained by the nspcc show there were more than two thousand known cases of sexual communication with a child on the platform. the children's charity is part of a global coalition — of more than one hundred sexual absuse survivors, families and child safety experts. they're demanding tech companies take responsibility to protect children on their sites. let's

the largest local authority in europe, birmingham city council, has declared itself effectively bankrupt

he's the leader of the conservative group at birmingham city council . know, we heard people in they're concerned in the report, they're concerned about the library, the museums. we've about the we've talked a lot about the future streets. but what future of high streets. but what will our big community areas will our our big community areas become if we don't have any of these things? you're putting up your hand. >> please , miss. yeah. who goes >> please, miss. yeah. who goes to a library? >> i knew you were going to say that. says the man who doesn't read books. i get a lot of books from the library every day. well not every day, but i'm reading a book from library at the moment. >> someone's going to say, people take my children to the library. and leave them there? >> no, i and read. >> no, i sit and read. >> no, i sit and read. >> i go to storytime there. i'm a regular library user. >> wonder the necessity >> i just wonder the necessity for you read for because you don't read books, i'm to cancel football. >> just a different genre of people librar

a former adviser to birmingham city council says the hosting of last year's commonwealth games was athe council, said holding the commonwealths had been a challenge too far and had been a distraction. birmingham city council is to stop all but essential spending as it tries to deal with an equal pay claim but sally munday, who runs uk sport, insists there are big advantages to hosting major events. there is huge economic impact in doing it locally, huge community impact for cities. so many positive reasons why we would host major events in this country. i think, moving forward, all nations and all international federations will have to think innovatively about how to host events. we might do them differently, but the appetite appetite and desire to host them, and the british fans' desire to see these sports, that isn't going to change any time soon. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. daniel dubois' promoter frank warren has appealed to the wba to rule the fight with oleksandr usyk a no contest and order a rematch. the briton floored the h

birmingham city council is run by the labour party. 0nly essential services are operating.l. the pressure on the city �*s finances has been rising and rising, and europe's biggest local authority is now in big trouble. it's problems began more than a decade ago when a landmark case was brought against the council which led to it having to hand out almost £1 billion. recurring costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement this summer that it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow, that was on top of the cost of a botched roll—out of a new it system which has said it back another £100 million. the city council leader who is currently a broad says as part of a long—standing family commitment, questions on this will be answered. we've already got a review... governance and accountability and duty authority, also made it clear that the end of this there needs to be a judge led inquiry to look at theissues be a judge led inquiry to look at the issues around equal pay. it's devastating news for burma kim taxpayers here. failure to

breaking news coming in to us and the uk rees biggest local authority birmingham city council has effectivelyas issued a section 114 audit to the government which alerts it of the government which alerts it of the situation. the council issued a spending freeze back injune, birmingham city council is blaming what it calls unprecedented financial challenges from huge increases in adult social care demand and reduction in business rates income to and rampant inflation. the government says it will reinforce core services are. we will reinforce core services are. we will bring you moren on that as it comes in. now this is bbc news. let us look at some other stories making the news and the electoral commission says it failed a basic cybersecurity test run by the uk government before it was hacked last month. names and addresses of 40 million voters were accessible. a spokeswoman said they weren't linked to the cyber attack, she added the commission had still not passed the test. 200 women in the uk who claim they were left in pain after having a permanent contraceptive device fit have had been giv

and birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — says it is effectively bankrupts. it's newsday. welcome the programme. we begin with the breaking news from the us, where the former leader of the proud boys militia, the far right group that took part in the january 6th attack on the us capitol has been sentenced to 22 years. henry "enrique" tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges. he wasn't present in washington during the riot — having been arrested and ordered to leave the city before the unrest broke out. i spoke with our correspondent in washington, wyre davies, about the latest from inside the courtroom. 22 years is by far the biggest sentence handed down to a member of the proud boys. but enrique tarrio, although he was the last of the proud boys to be sentenced for his role in the violent events of january six, 2021, he was the leader of that group, and thejudge had made

city council morning. birminghamll but essential spending. we will be looking at that in a little more detail. >> another headache for the labour party? well, i've got to say that yet another council, i mean we're talking about loads of councils. >> i presume there will be a section 104, which is where they have actually freeze spending have to actually freeze spending because they've out of because they've run out of money. but you can get people to come in and work then maybe then they to earn their money. >> britain's second how >> britain's second city. how embarrassing is that? >> well, it's >> well, of course it's embarrassing. i mean mean, embarrassing. i mean i mean, we don't details about don't know the details about what but we've what went wrong here, but we've seen happened at woking seen what happened at woking council. thought council. they thought they could build a kind of singapore economy in woking, spent loads of property by only of money on property by only bringing in £11 million on an on council

to 2012 where there was a supreme ruling that said supreme court ruling that said that city council that birmingham equal pay, that they were deserved. and so it back to 2012 and it's it goes back to 2012 and it's been on since . but been going on ever since. but there's 100 million spent been going on ever since. but theit s 100 million spent been going on ever since. but theit systems,3 million spent been going on ever since. but theit systems, which on spent been going on ever since. but theit systems, which waspent been going on ever since. but theit systems, which was five on it systems, which was five times what should have cost. times what it should have cost. was and, and 760 million. now was it and, and 760 million. now in a black hole. so they've issued a section 104 notice. so the government has now got to sort of step in to work out how are you going to pay the money back or how are you going to pay that debt it could be that debt down? it could be increasing council increasing in local council tax. it cutbacks elsewhere. it could be cutbacks elsewhere. and terrible city and it's terrib

>> city council for >> birmingham city council for going bust and the reason i say that this is a councilon on historic equal pay claims and it system that went five times over budget all i'm saying is you're getting a sneak preview of what a labour government would be like. >> a sign of things to come, i'm afraid. calvin robertson your union jackass nominee, sadiq khan. >> i'm on my %i khan. >> i'm on my to march for >> i'm on my way to march for life. i walked past something called on square, called black on the square, which a khan organised event which is a khan organised event to celebrate black culture. whatever it sounds whatever that is, it sounds divisive me. can't imagine divisive to me. i can't imagine a white on the square you a white on the square can, you know, i don't think that would go somehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin somehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin yeah.ymehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin yeah. rebecca riggio >> kelvin yeah. rebecca riggio nominee , mine is prince william. nominee, mine is prince william. >> , usually i am

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe has declared itself effectively bankruptending in the city must stop — except for services that it has to provide by law — schools, social care, waste collection, protecting the vulnerable for example. the labour run council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade. it has also had major issues with a new it system. our midlands correspondent, navteonhal is there. the pressure on this city's finances has been rising and rising, and europe's biggest local authority is now in big trouble. the news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many people living in birmingham shocked and angry. oh my god, i've never heard of such a thing in my life. how can the council be bankrupt? after the commonwealth games last year, this city was thriving. it is a dynamic vibrant city. but this should never have happened. it should never have got to this point. it's really, really sad. its problems began more than a decade ago, when a landmark case was brought against t

>> city council for >> birmingham city council for going bust and the reason i say that this is a councillion on historic equal pay claims and it system that went five times over budget all i'm saying is you're getting a sneak preview of what a labour government would be like. >> a sign of things to come, i'm afraid. calvin robertson your union jackass nominee, sadiq khan. >> i'm on my %i khan. >> i'm on my to march for >> i'm on my way to march for life. i walked past something called on square, called black on the square, which a khan organised event which is a khan organised event to celebrate black culture. whatever it sounds whatever that is, it sounds divisive me. can't imagine divisive to me. i can't imagine a white on the square you a white on the square can, you know, i don't think that would go somehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin somehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin yeah.ymehow. know, i don't think that would go kelvin yeah. rebecca riggio >> kelvin yeah. rebecca riggio nominee , mine is prince william. nominee, mine is prince william. >> , usually i a

birmingham city council's contracts show the city will end the year fiscal 2023-2024 will face a budgeteficit of 87 million pounds. to examine the issue, we must go back more than ten years ago, that is, when the ruling parties implemented austerity policies, policies that were completely unsuccessful , while the economy grew very comically after this great failure in brazil. we had because the exit from the european union meant harming the largest market for english goods. economic growth has slowed down a lot and there is a lot of pressure on the financial affairs of big cities in england. to some extent, the ruling party is conservative because during its tenure it avoided paying a billion pounds from the publishing budget . paying attention to the inflation rate is not the only city in the uk to face a financial crisis, the economic conditions faced by birmingham will have an effect. the situation of this city is a sign and sign of a very serious problem. in america , we also saw three cases of bankruptcy in the banking sector. have increased the financial sector of many countries,

a former adviser to birmingham city council has said the hosting of the commonwealth games was a mistakef financial problems. max caller said last summer's event had been a "challenge too far" for the council. urgent talks are taking place following tuesday's announcement that the labour—run council is effectively bankrupt. the fifty—two wilko shops due to close next week because of the chain's collapse have been named. administrators pwc said 2a shops would close next tuesday, with a further 28 to shut a week tomorrow. more than a thousand staff are being made redundant, as hopes of a rescue deal for the business hang in the balance. you're live with bbc news. extra checks are being carried out at british ports and airports after a man remanded on terror charges escaped a london prison. 21—year—old daniel khalife escaped by strapping himself to the bottom of a delivery van. he's accused of carrying out a bomb hoax at a military base. in the last hour, the wandsworth prison service has issued a statement saying — and i quote, "an internal investigation is under way and thejustice secreta

birmingham city council is brief intervention from the government after effectively declaring yourselfre expecting a statement in the commons imminently about this. let's go live to the commons now where the minister for veterans affairs is giving an update on afghan resettlement. can i start b -auttin on afghan resettlement. can i start by putting on _ on afghan resettlement. can i start by putting on record _ on afghan resettlement. can i start by putting on record my _ on afghan resettlement. can i start by putting on record my thanks - on afghan resettlement. can i start by putting on record my thanks to l by putting on record my thanks to the immigration minister who after 18 months of begging by me and my team finally was persuaded to help me bring five british children and their mother to safety in the uk in june. that was after the father who had served the previous afghan government was brutally assassinated. his much younger sister has been left behind. she grew up, she is an add to the children but grew up as a sibling because she is much younger, she is alone with no male r

so now they've had to step in to save birmingham city council. s the largest unitary authority in europe , but they really are in europe, but they really are having an absolute storm of cnses having an absolute storm of crises at the moment . labour crises at the moment. labour leader sir keir starmer has met french president emmanuel macron in paris and asked . my in paris and asked. my broadcasters if he will push for a stronger ties with europe. >> he wouldn't comment but insisted his main focus was to win next election . win the next general election. >> and had a very >> and we had a very constructive and positive meeting which, as you can imagine, covered a wide range of issues. it was my first opportunity to say how much i value the relationship between our two countries, particularly when it comes to prosperity and security , and how if we are security, and how if we are privileged enough to be elected into power , i intend to build on into power, i intend to build on that relationship and make it even stronger than it is today. so a very,

a birmingham city council has effectively declared itself bankrupt. ng . the council's new spending. the council's financial problems have been unked financial problems have been linked to liabilities of around £760 million to settle equal pay claims. the council is also facing a financial gap within its budget of £87 million. it finances related to protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, though will all remain in place . more onshore wind in place. more onshore wind farms are expected to be built as a result of new rules announced by the government this afternoon. the changes will see projects supported by local people approved more quickly. local areas will also have a greater say in how developments are considered , and they may are considered, and they may even benefit from cheaper energy. the new rules come after mounting pressure from mps. downing street claims it hasn't changed its position, although rishi sunak did say in october that ban on new that he would keep a ban on new wind farms built onshore . the wind farms built onshore

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — has declared itself effectively bankrupt for services that it has to provide by law — so services like schools, social care, waste collection and protecting the vulnerable, for example. the labour—run council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back to more than a decade. it has also had major issues with a new it system. jo black has more. in legal speak, the council has issued a section 114 notice. in common parlance, it means it's broke. money is tight for many of our councils, but this is europe's biggest local authority, and the fact that it's struggling to balance its books has left many in this city wondering what it means for them. oh, my god. i've never heard of such a thing in my life. how can the council be bankrupt?! i mean, after the commonwealth games last year, this city was thriving. it's a dynamic, vibrant city. but this should never have happened. this should never have happened. it should never have got to this point. it's really, really sad. councils feeling the pinch is nothi

birmingham city council — the largest local authority in europe — in effect, declares bankruptcy.tudio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's news day. —— newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the breaking news from the us, where the former leader of the proud boys militia, the far right group that took part in the january 6th attack on the us capitol has been sentenced to 22 years. henry "enrique" tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges. he wasn't present in washington during the riot — having been arrested and ordered to leave the city before the unrest. i spoke with our correspondent in washington — wyre davies about the latest from inside the courtroom. 22 years is by far the biggest sentence handed down to a member of the proud boys.

city's finances has been rising and rising, and europe's biggest local authority is now in big trouble. the news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many people living in birmingham shocked and angry. oh my god, i've never heard of such a thing in my life. how can the council be bankrupt? after the commonwealth games last year, this city was thriving. it is a dynamic vibrant city. but this should never have happened. it should never have got to this point. it's really, really sad. its problems began more than a decade ago, when a landmark case was brought against the council which has led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. but earlier this summer the authority announced it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims and that is on top of the cost of a botched roll—out of a new it system which has set it back another £100 million. the city council leader who is currently abroad, he says, as part of a long—standing family commitment, told us questions on this will be answered. commitment, told us questions we have already got a governance review that has been commissioned jointly w

birmingham city council, the largest local authority in europe, has declared bankruptcy, meaning spendingg with it. and a visual treat — we'll be speaking to some of the winners of this year's bird photographer of the year competition. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's start straightaway with breaking there is that we are hearing coming to us from spain. the sanish hearing coming to us from spain. the spanish media just reporting and the last little while that the spanish women's soccer team has been fired over that hole for rory and the kiss that has dominated since that evening of the world cup victory. this is the latest domino to fall not have been so many consequences