Commissioners to run Birmingham city council, Michael Gove says

Commissioners handed power over Birmingham City Council for five years

Birmingham City Council is being taken over with essential services overseen by commissioners. It's a dark day for the Labour council

'Bankrupt' Birmingham council faces intervention from officials

Birmingham City Council issued a section 114 notice at the beginning of September (Picture: SWNS) An inquiry has been launched into cash-strapped Birmingham City Council after it effectively declared itself bankrupt. Communities secretary Michael Gove told MPs today of plans to appoint commissioners to take over the authority and figure out what went wrong. He said the council is ‘failing to comply with its best value duty’ after it issued a sec…

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council facing commissioners’ intervention – Gove

Communities Secretary Michael Gove also outlined plans for a local inquiry into how Birmingham ‘got to this position’.

Gove Announces Government Takeover of Birmingham Council

Michael Gove has announced that commissioners are going to run Birmingham City Council after “elected members and officers have come and gone” all while failing to comply with their ‘Duty of Best Value’. There will also be a local inquiry. Gove wants to bring in local government veteran Max Caller to sort things out.[…] Read the rest

Michael Gove announces intervention into 'bankrupt' Birmingham City Council

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has announced he will appoint commissioners to take over Birmingham City Council and launch a local inquiry into the authority after it declared itself effectively bankrupt.

UK to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

Michael Gove set to announce technical consultation period after local authority declared itself in effect bankrupt