A delay to equal pay settlements has led to new warnings issued by Birmingham City Council.
The council has already paid out more than £1bn in compensation to underpaid workers.
The introduction of a new IT system, which has come under fire, has also seen expected costs spiral from £19m to £100m.This news was broken not via the council's press office but in a statement on the local Labour Group's X/Twitter account. In a previous statement, he raised concerns about "senior capacity" and again he makes it clear he believes the intervention of government-appointed commissioners is needed, something the authority's chief executive Deborah Cadman had said to staff she had hoped to avoid.
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