Birmingham City Council continues to face an acute financial crisis brought about by the Administration’s mismanagement of equal pay, oracle, and savings delivery, The council has been told to find £300 million in savings over the next two years, though is struggling to do this. In addition to savings, Birmingham Labour are seeking to temporarily plug the gap in their finances by selling city assets, and are now looking to reach into the pockets of Birmingham taxpayers to address the deficit. It has today been revealed that the Labour administration is looking to increase council tax by 10% both this coming fiscal year and next. This would equate to a total of a 21% increase over the next two years and 77% since 2012. That equates to an average increase of £855 since 2012, and an average bill of £1969 by 2025/2026."
Cllr Robert Alden (Con, Erdington), Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives said:
"Following Labour's latest announcement of their 21% Council tax rise, Brummies will have faced an average increase to their annual bill of £855, equal to 77% a year, since Labour took control in 2012. Labour took control on a promise to not increase Council Tax - this is just another broken promise from this bankrupt Labour Council".
Cllr Ewan Mackey (Con, Sutton Roughley), Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives added:
"A 21% rise in council tax over the next two years is an absurd burden to ask the residents of this City to carry to bail out this Labour Administration. It has been Labour’s decisions, Labour’s weakness, and Labour’s dangerous negligence of an issue which they were fully aware of, which has created this crisis. As such it is totally unreasonable to ask residents to pay for Labour incompetence".
