The £64,938.27 question for bankrupt Birmingham Council: Why did all 163 school-run taxi contracts over the last three years cost EXACTLY the same? Authority faces new quiz over cab firm at centre of £11M over-payment row

Oct 16th 2023 2:10am EDT

Birmingham Council has been accused of dodging scrutiny over claims it overpaid a school taxi firm £11million by publicly pricing all 163 contracts at exactly £64,938.27 – just low enough to avoid publishing transparency data. This number was recorded as the price for every single deal the now-bankrupt city council had with every single taxi […]

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