Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says he will 'study carefully' any formal request for help by the 'bankrupt' city.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he would "study carefully" any request for government help from the city councilJeremy Hunt says the government will "do what is right" for Birmingham's residents after the city council declared itself effectively bankrupt.All but essential spending has been stopped by the council as it struggles with a bill of up to £760m to settle equal pay claims."In the end we will do what is right for the people of Birmingham.
"Tough decisions" would need to be made, the council's leader John Cotton admitted to the BBC but statutory services such as social care and waste collections would continue.
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