Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial city but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay out and children grow up below the poverty line.
The second-largest city in the United Kingdom is in heavy debt with childhood poverty near 50 per centThe UK heads to the polls on July 4 as Rishi Sunak 's Conservative party faces a challenge from Sir Keir Starmer and Labour
Her 17-year-old son Harry has Down syndrome and has relied on a council-funded school taxi service since he was four years old. From September that service will stop. Birmingham is one of the youngest cities in Europe, with nearly 40 per cent of its residents under 25 years old, according to bothMany in the city feel young people will be the worst affected by the cuts to frontline and preventative services."This is the second-largest city in the sixth-richest country in the world and we have rampant poverty ... children are growing up below the poverty line," Birmingham youth mental health worker Nina Barbosa said.
But Birmingham council leader John Cotton claims the city's debts were compounded by austerity measures brought in by the Cameron government in 2010. "Services never completely crumble but we are seeing the closest equivalent to that," Mr Davies said. Birmingham is the largest city in England's West Midlands and is a key battleground in the upcoming vote.
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