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The total cost of equal pay claims against Birmingham City Council is understood to be £250 million, with around 6,000 claims agreed in a landmark deal, we can reveal today.

Insiders say the deal struck has been reached after lengthy discussions amid hopes it will finally end the council's catastrophic and very costly failure to halt discriminatory pay practices.

The council and unions have refused to be drawn on the details, claiming it is legally sensitive.

But BirminghamLive can reliably report that the figure is in the region of £250m. That's much less than the originally predicted liability of 'up to £760m' which triggered the council's de facto bankruptcy.

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