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Academics and financial experts from across the country are demanding a public inquiry into their claims that Birmingham City Council 'did not need to go bankrupt'.

The group say only an independent public inquiry will be able to properly probe the circumstances surrounding the chaotic events surrounding the city council's 2023 declaration of financial distress.

They say the truth otherwise will remain hidden from public sight by 'vested interests'. BirminghamLive has previously pressed for an inquiry but one has been refused by the Labour Government and Labour-led council on the grounds one is not needed, with other 'best value' investigations taking place into specific issues of concern.

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