Labour Cancels Inquiry Into Birmingham Council’s Financial Mismanagement

Latest developments in Birmingham have the beleaguered Labour-run council getting let off the hook by central government. It’s not just the rape gang inquiries that are being quietly dropped…

Back in April last year Michael Gove announced a statutory inquiry under the Local Government Act into the council’s financial mismanagement, including failing to roll out an IT system in a debacle that auditors said would set taxpayers back “at least £90 million in excess of the original budget.[…] Read the rest