"Worried About The Future" | Cllr Alex Bip On Birmingham City Council Declaring Bankruptcy

[@imbonkers3629]

Just a couple of years ago the sold off the airport and N,E,C arena for £800 million, and still £760 million in debt, we need a criminal investigation on all councils, because 7 are bankrupt and dozens more to follow, what have they done with trillions because all our services have got worse 🙈

[@Tomara710]

Stuffed it in their pockets .

[@sabrinam6895]

Buying electric cars and worrying about climate change I bet!

[@saragonmcenany6229]

About that investigation- needs to start with Lord Whitby and former councillor Alan Rudge. Stephen Hughes and Eric Pickles

[@sabrinam6895]

@@saragonmcenany6229 and they go and lecture other countries about their corruption, lack of interest in climate change, and these people are the most corrupt. People who fail to see this are plain ignorant or secretly love what’s going on at the moment

[@gwheregwhizz]

I'm quite happy to only receive essential services in exchange for a council tax bill for essential services.

[@patricktracey7424]

increasing council taxes decreasing or stopping public services and yet there staffing levels remain the same , they have more cash to spend than any other council in europe should it not be less work less staff, redundancies, pay cuts and stopping there golden pensions. then find out who the incompetents were who caused this.

[@Roundhead75]

I bet you 100% there are diversity and inclusion managers on the payroll , probably at the 100,000 a year mark.

[@susanwestern6434]

It's Alex Yip, not Bip. Please check information before posting.

[@Roundhead75]

You get what you vote for.

[@Mary-c6e5e]

No, you hope you get what you think you paid for. Then you look closer and you can see they are just as bad as the last lot.

[@imbonkers3629]

He will stay on holiday then resign with his gold plated pension 🙈

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

cool

[@jensenswang8135]

Kirklees is next - another council with questionable spending practices.

[@ryanlynock7546]

you will own nothink and be happy ,,,klaus probs paid for his holiday

[@eleveneleven572]

They need to rename the Labour leader Brave Sir Robin......RUN AWAY !!!!

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Birmingham is a popular town

[@patricktracey7424]

perhaps they took lessons and advice from wee krankie sturgeon and the SNP.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

how does a town go broke?

[@pomebiosolutions9009]

Does that include more money for Ukraine???

[@joeboy9781]

....let's hope it's not more "things", because watching the news, these conservatives are going to lead you to participate in the war..... ....Russia warns of an "escalation" if the US places nuclear bombs in the United Kingdom.

[@cchan824]

Maybe get his name right

[@dorothyparkes4831]

If women had been given equal pay in the first place this situation would not have arisen

[@sabrinam6895]

Over bloated workforce as well I bet- many posts probably not even needed!

[@andrewthomas695]

Ah, yeas. There it is. The old bloated public service argument. That may have been true in the 80s, but in 2023 what you are seeing is 40 decades of tax cuts, efficiency dividends, restructuring, and layoffs reaching their natural conclusion. What do you think happens when you vote for tax cuts and more services at the same time? And now everyone gets to suffer. Justice. Finally. Enjoy your small government utopia. Nobody deserves in more.

[@sabrinam6895]

@@andrewthomas695 and I suspect you are a Labour supporter

[@markwalker2627]

Actually no..big cuts by 13yrs of Tory rule have reduced staff