Birmingham City Council protests & extraodinary ‘bankruptcy’ meeting - live updates
Unions protest against Birmingham commissioners taking over Birmingham City Council as a meeting to discuss plans to deal with effective bankruptcy gets underway
We’re at Birmingham Council House where an extraordinary meeting has been called following a Section 114 notice issued by the authority amid financial crisis.
Protesters from Birmingham Trades Union Council are gathering ahead of the meeting at 6pm to demonstrate against council cuts and job losses.