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Furious Birmingham councillors only learned of a critical three month delay to part of a troubled multi-million pound IT project when they 'read about it in Birmingham Live' - amid fears that taxpayers will now have to foot an even bigger bill as a result.

A special emergency meeting was called by the council as a result of our expose .

Members there berated officials and Labour leaders, claiming the episode made a mockery of claims of 'openness and transparency' at the beleaguered council.

One member, Conservative councillor Richard Parkin, said he was 'extremely angered and frustrated' as he claimed: "If the Birmingham Mail (BirminghamLive) had not written a story we would be blissfully unaware even now.

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