'OAPs are frightened to go out': Birmingham locals warn crime will soar and slam plan to make them pay MORE for fewer bin collections, dimmed street lighting and cuts to highway maintenance - as desperate council moves to balance the books

The cash-strapped Labour-run local authority has issued two 'section 114' orders - effectively an admission of bankruptcy - and plans to impose a 21 per cent council tax rise over two years.

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