![]() ![]() “We need to see urgent central government intervention on the equal pay crisis but instead, they’re trying to pass the cost onto ordinary Brummies.” “City council bosses are at pains to stress they need to find budget savings to settle historic equal pay claims, yet not a single penny of the wages stolen from working women has been returned. Rachel Fagan, GMB organiser, said: “Birmingham City Council seem to have a plan for slashing local services, but they don’t yet have a plan for settling equal pay. The GMB union, which is currently balloting members for strike action over “the council’s inaction” on resolving equal pay claims, said it now wanted government intervention to resolve it. The council will also aim to make more money by hosting more weddings at its registry offices.ĭeborah Cadman, the council’s chief executive, said no decisions on how many job losses would be needed would be made until the end of a period of consultation. ![]() Less money is set to be spent on removing graffiti, with offensive graffiti tackled first and a number of street cleaners will be cut.Īll grants for cultural projects will be cancelled from 2025 and the budget to promote Birmingham as a tourist destination will be cut. More than 30 parks maintenance staff will be sacked and the use of herbicides will be phased out. Fees for sport and leisure facilities will increase by 5 per cent.Ĭar parking charges will be introduced in parks and the number of rangers will be cut. The bulky waste charge will be increased from £35 to £45, while garden waste subscription charges will increase from £50 to £60 a year. There will be a new charge of £24 for dealing with rats in gardens and houses. The council hopes renegotiating children’s travel contracts could also save £13 million a year. Staff will use fewer mobile phones and will go back to cheaper landlines, with people wanting to ring the council having to deal with more voice automation rather than actual human call handlers. Crisis payments for food, gas bills and white goods such as fridges and cookers will cease. Dimming street lights is expected to save almost £1 million a year, while cutting spending on highways maintenance could save up to £12 million, depending on the outcome of discussions over a Private Finance Initiative.Īdult social care will be cut by £23.7 million in the next financial year, while the children’s young people and families department will be forced to find £51.5 million savings.Īs part of the large cuts to adult social care, providers will not be given inflation-linked increases in many cases.
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