The Labour-run city council declared itself effectively bankrupt in September.
Sir Keir Starmer said a Labour government would fix how councils are funded to avoid similar situations to crisis-hit Birmingham City Council."It's almost impossible to plan properly, we've got to fix that," Sir Keir told BBC Radio WM.During his interview with presenter Rakeem Omar, Sir Keir acknowledged people in Birmingham would be worried about their local services under the Labour-run council.
"What we would do in government is change the funding settlement for councils like Birmingham. At the moment, it is very short-term," the Labour leader added.When pushed that the previous Labour mismanagement in the city could lead to council tax rises, Sir Keir admitted "we have to turn this around".
"We can talk about this problem or we can fix it and I think my mindset is if you see a problem, work out what's gone wrong and fix it going forward."Australia behind New Zealand on Indigenous path
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