The city’s financial crisis deepens — and Alex argues the consequences for residents and services cannot be brushed aside
Birmingham City Council was issued with a third Section 24 notice by its external auditors — a rare and serious intervention that signals deep, sustained failures in financial governance. The notice, reported by Room 151, reflected what Alex and Conservative councillors had been warning about for years: that the Labour administration had allowed the city’s finances to spiral to a point where residents were now paying the price through cuts to the very services they rely on most. A Section 24 notice is not an accounting technicality — it is a formal declaration that a council cannot be trusted to manage public money. Alex has been consistent in demanding transparency and accountability throughout Birmingham’s financial crisis.
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