Fears Grow For UK Councils After Second City Declares Insolvency – Barron's

Birmingham City Council is one of Europe’s largest local authorities BERTRAND LANGLOIS RECASTS throughout, ADDS quotes, background, statistics Local government bodies on Tuesday warned that more councils across the UK could declare themselves in financial dire straits, after the country’s second biggest city said it could not balance its books. Birmingham City Council in central…

Britain bankruptcy: This UK city has declared itself bankrupt | Mint – Mint

Britain’s second-largest city has reportedly declared itself bankrupt and has shut down all non-essential spending after being issued with equal pay claims totaling up to 760 million ($956 million). According to a report by CNN, the deficit arose due to difficulties paying between around $816 million and around $954 million in equal pay claims. Birmingham…