Bankrupt councils - the list grows more...

"Many local authorities could issue a section 114 notice in the next two financial years, according to a Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (Sigoma)".
https://www.localgov.co.uk/S114

A survey of the 47 local authorities the organisation represents revealed that 5 are currently in the process of deciding whether to issue a section 114 notice as a result of not being able to balance their annual budget in 2023-24.

A further 9 councils said they might have to declare bankruptcy next year, with Sigoma stating that "at least 12 other councils across the country were also considering issuing a section 114 notice in 2023/24".

Don't forget that Thurrock has already declared bankruptcy and got granted permission to raise its Council tax by 10% to cover funding shortfalls. Yesterday Birmingham City Council issued a s114 notice.

Other councils currently considering a section 114 notice are:-

Coventry City Council
West Berkshire Council
Bradford Council Middlesbrough Council
Kirklees Council
Guildford
Hastings
Southampton
Kent county council
Stoke on Trent council

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bankrupt-birmingham-council-far-worst-30928463

Britain is collapsing. Local councils have no money left and yet were content to spend what they did have on woke projects such as Drag Queen story hour and rainbow zebra crossings.

No doubt they will want the people of this great nation to now cover shortfalls. It's time to say no!

Not one council leader is ever held to account for bankruptcy, meaning that they can throw away public money, our money, and never face any penalties. Enough is enough!

https://news.sky.com/story/nearly-a-third-of-councils-in-poor-areas-considering-bankruptcy-within-next-two-years-12949493

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/third-of-councils-in-poor-areas-set-to-go-bust-new-research-suggests-4270603

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/20/more-english-councils-face-bankruptcy-leaders-warn-as-deficits-reach-4bn

Bankrupt councils - the list is growing

The crooked corporate councils are going bankrupt, one by one.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/28/at-least-26-english-councils-at-risk-of-bankruptcy-in-next-two-years

Birmingham City Council is just one of the rotten councils that has been paying its executives very well for running the city down and dragging it into high interest private debt.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/05/birmingham-city-council-financial-distress-budget-section-114

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/20/more-english-councils-face-bankruptcy-leaders-warn-as-deficits-reach-4bn

Birmingham inhabitants may wish to check up on the wages that the corporate executives:
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/downloads/download/519/chief_officer_salary_disclosure

So while the crooked corporate councils embezzle Public Funds for their wages, expenses, interest on private debts, consultancies, redundancy deals, copper-bottomed pensions, etc, they impose "austerity" on the local inhabitants, even steal homes when families can't afford the local taxes. It doesn't make any real difference which political party has been elected to represent the corporations to the local inhabitants, because the corporate executives and staff stay the same.

The private debts only get higher because the councils only pay the interest on the debts, not repay the principle sum:
http://lada.debtresistance.uk/debt-resistance-uk-investigation/who-are-the-major-borrowers-from-the-banks/

The inhabitants of all council areas will want to check up on their local council, to see how much debt there is, what are the rates of executive wages, and other general practices of the scheming councils. When they find all the many 'discrepancies' and 'anomalies' they will probably want to stop paying any more Council Tax until the crooks are brought to account.

Portsmouth City Council - a criminally 'rotten borough'

A group of concerned Hampshire men and women have served Portsmouth City Council and Portsmouth Magistrates Court with a Notice of Misconduct in Public Office and a Cease & Desist of Council Tax Enforcement.   
The names, addresses, and amount of council tax debt of over 6,000 Portsmouth residents who have not paid their council tax were sent out by Portsmouth Magistrates Court in an un-redacted document compiled by Portsmouth City Council as part of a Freedom of Information Request.     
In addition, Portsmouth City Council issued summonses for the liability order hearing to the 6,000 on the list before receiving authorisation from Portsmouth Magistrates Court, which has caused the group to demand a cease and desist of any enforcement action.   
The summons requested that the 6,000 should not attend the liability order hearing, however, Judge Robinson then ordered costs of £125 each against those people who did not appear, making a profit for the court and/or council of £750,000 in under three hours.   
These collaborative crimes have been reported to Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth Magistrates Court, Judge Robinson, and Hampshire Police.

Portsmouth City Council have acted criminally, in serious breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 and several staff and managers of Portsmouth City Council, including the DPO, have committed Misconduct in Public Office.
But the criminal matter doesn't stop there. Portsmouth Magistrate's Court have been a party to the serious breach of Data Protection Act 2018.
There may also be a breach of the Fraud Act 2006.

A police Crime Reference Number: 44230353040  has been allocated to the matter and to the criminal investigation now underway.

Further information can be viewed here:
https://gab.com/PortsmouthDataBreach

The inhabitants of Portsmouth and Hampshire will want to clarify about this criminal matter. When they discover the truth about the blatant fraud and criminality of Portsmouth City Council, they will want to join with their fellow inhabitants and stop paying any more Council Tax to what are no more than corporate criminals.