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Birmingham effectively declares bankruptcy, time to slash services! (www.bbc.com)

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Disgusting BBC article goes happily along with the framing that this is due to equal pay settlements, nothing to do with the dozens of real-estate-industry backed money pits that took the place of building infrastructure for anywhere besides the city center. Nothing to do with the pandemic. Nothing to do with decades of austerity-driven privatization. Nothing to do with anything, so nothing to be learned. Prayers up for Brum

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

they hosted the commonwealth games last year so this is a little surprising

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how much that cost and for what return

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

it looks like the council had to pay £109.2 million and most of the return went to west midlands businesses and communities, not the council itself