As Birmingham’s working-class communities face wage restraint, job uncertainty, and reduced public services, Birmingham City Council has quietly recruited four senior executives—on a combined pay package of up to £900,000 a year.
According to reports, the council’s newly appointed Managing Director Joanne Roney will receive just under £300,000 annually. The remaining three executives—brought in to help steer the council out of “special measures”—will collectively earn up to £600,000 more.
And yet, the very same council is embroiled in an industrial dispute with refuse workers over plans to cut £8,000 a year from some of their pay by removing the WRCO role.
While workers are being told to tighten their belts, top brass are handed six-figure salaries. Services continue to suffer—bin strikes, staffing shortages, and squeezed budgets have hit Birmingham’s most vulnerable residents the hardest.
This isn’t just about executive pay. It’s about priorities.
When a council says it can’t afford to protect workers’ roles or raise wages in line with inflation—but can suddenly afford to recruit four senior managers on near-million-pound salaries—it raises questions that deserve urgent answers.
Are we fixing local government, or simply rewarding the top while squeezing the bottom?
Original Article: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/900k-year-quartet-recruited-drive-30770363