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Birmingham faces huge equal pay bill

Birmingham City Council, the UK's largest local authority, faces a bill of £757m to settle backdated equal pay claims.

By Mark Conrad | 14 November 2012

Birmingham City Council, the UK's largest local authority, faces a bill of £757m to settle backdated equal pay claims.

The figure was revealed by the council on 12 November and includes all cash required to settle equal pay claims for hundreds of current and former, mostly female staff who have missed out on past bonuses.

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