City council's 6-figure salary earners rockets

LATEST ACCOUNTS ALSO REVEAL 400 STAFF WERE AXED IN LAST YEAR

- JANE HAYNES Politics Reporter

THE number of Birmingham City Council staff earning more than £100,000 has tripled in three years, with 57 people at the struggling authority now earning six-figure salaries.

That's a big leap from 2022, when there were just 19 top earners.

The figures were revealed in newly-published, delayed draft accounts covering the last four years of the troubled council's financial affairs.

The accounts remain in draft form because of the dire impact of the catastrophic failings that occurred when the council launched a new digital finances and HR system, known as Oracle.

Published this week, the accounts for 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 are crammed with insights and information. A first glance reveals the council has shed more than 400 staff in the last year, while the number of higher earners has increased.

The numbers don’t account for staff who were working for the council on contractor terms, as interims or consultants. The council previously said it intended to reduce its agency bill as part of efforts to balance the books after it landed in serious financial distress.