Birmingham City Council Reviews 

This is a council targeting non-local drivers with a penalty system designed to extract money, not improve air quality.

Upon leaving and following the SatNav and getting confused by the multiple lanes and poor directional signage, it seems, unknown to me that i had triggered one of their stealth tax cameras!

That should have been just £8 but of course, that BCC don't want you to know you triggered their toll system, so they just wait for that amount to grow to £60 before they tell you. Then that figure becomes £120 if you happened to be away on work things for several weeks!

What a disgusting policy this is!

Tried to report illegal activities by an landlord, birmingham citY council redpinses are "ZERO" there phone lines are never answered, they do not answer their emails,u eae a phone message and no get back to you, their web site is floored as it will not even accept simple post codes. retrain the lot of them or remove their pensions at Birmingham city for incompenentance and allow the city to turn into a lawless society abuse whilst in public office. When it comes to Birmingham City collecting fines, they are very smart, but when it comes to law, they are non-existent! no response for over 2 months and no complaints department inactive. Paying council tsx and tac for a non existence in council services!!

Private Rented Sector Licensing
Birmingham City Council

birmingham city council are awful i have an housing officer coming to see me on 26 of febaury i hear his a bully so i rang them and asked for some one else guess what they did no such thing instead i have to meet a bulley they know i dont to meet him how ever i have heard awful stuff about this man yet they are still sending him around what kind of council black mails you he has threant my tenancy if he cant call i could loose my roof

!im disabled and i was treated very badly today,having just got back from holiiay,i had to do a food shop,so went in the snow,worried id slip and fall on the black ice,as i was walking i noticed some council workers by tescos ,doing some work,i needed some help,so i thought id ask the guy in a yellow jacket,that had his name on the back Andrew!all the others had a orange jackets and were working,he was diffrent and had a yellow jacket,i stopped to ask him for help,he was so rude,he didnt bother looking at me,he was on his mobile phone turned his back and no he was busy,yes on his mobile,he could of said hed get one of his collegues to help,instead of turning his back,and refused to help a 72 year old with difficulties to help,im so annoyed,iv lived in birmingham for 28years,iv never had that,about 4pm ,birmingham new street,by Tescos,theirs busy and just plain rude,i shouldnt of been spoken to by him like that,so i told him id report him!so here i am putting what happend down,i hope city council reads this and contacts me it is not acceptable!the i also have his photo,tempted to put it up for all to see,dont talk to senior citizens in such a rude manner

What a rip off !!!!!!!!!!!
So Birmingham City Council claim to supply ''affordable housing''...what a joke !!!!!!!!!!
I recently viewed properties to rent, 1 bed flats to be precise on their website..you'd be much better off as a working person to buy ,as most of their properties are £128.00 a WEEK. WORKS OUT TO ABOUT £512.00 A MONTH !!!!!!! A MORTGAGE WOULD PROBABLY COST HALF THAT AMOUNT !!!

Try telling that is affordale to a working person who DOESN'T
claim benefits that that is affordable for someone on
minimum wage !!!

minimum wage.

His name is abdul hak ouonna TmAAKOA shit customer service they not to help the people they want Thier to pay especially those people they came to distroy England so I wrote his name he shouldn't be there he should be faired from the work I have been with Birmingham city council for so many years but this one is shit

Compared to sandwell council this is a saint of a council

Negligence, dumb and discriminatory.
About to get sued for their gross actions too. Maybe they will listen then. Scum bags the lot of them.

Would give zero stars if I could.
I was sent a summons and then liability order for council tax when I pay OVER the prescribed amount every month. I contacted them on receipt of the summons and over a month later I still had no response until I got the liability order. It’s almost impossible to get through to an actual person on the phone. I finally did after an hour on hold for them to tell me my emails were in a queue and just to wait for them to be answered and that they wouldn’t remove costs.
I am being treated like some sort of criminal for no reason, I pay every month. It makes no sense and will be costing them even more money. The administration is appalling.

Birmingham Council are discriminating and nearly got me kicked out of my home all to do with a rent increase that it took them six months to deal with… I am a transsexual and Birmingham Council keep discriminating against me calling you Mr. And Sir During phone calls. and then laughing down the phone at me I filed today with my rent increase for housing benefit which I find them guilty and then while trying to complain about their behaviour they have us two tier complaint system which stage one they thoroughly denied and then stage two they would not let me make a stage two complaint and their way of dealing with me is to keep cutting me off the phone. Birmingham council is a disgrace and trans phobic. They simply are not bothered so this is my way of getting back at them to complain about them in Trust pilot.

The council tax department is utterly incompetent. I haven't lived in Birmingham for over 16 months, and I'm still being issued a bill for an account that was confirmed to be closed over the phone in August 2024. Any attempts to sort it have fallen upon deaf ears.

Absolutely the worst money grabbing overpaid bunch of wasters I've ever had dealings with!!!
Fines for everyone, paid council tax for what? They don't empty rubbish, police never turn up, god forbid I should have a fire!!! Waiting an hour on the phone when you call only to get rude staff that hang up on you!! Disgusting! And the amount of fines for people not seeing the tiny CAZ signs is astronomical! I've just seen the freedom of information letter...

They are telling me my call is important. Is that why so far they have kept me on the phone for and hour an 13 minutes.

I would like to say thank you to Steve & Jason who try their best to keep our area tidy and free of rubbish- almost Impossible with some people. Both of these workers are always pleasant/helpful. All the best lads.

Scummy little council tearing down great British flags and leaving certain ones up. Then when you ask them about it directly run away and hide, jokers

Your just a disgrace, that's all I've got to say

I had a deeply unpleasant and offensive experience in this shop. As a Black woman, I was treated with open disrespect and hostility by the owner, who I believe acted in a discriminatory and racist manner. His attitude was completely disgusting—dismissive, rude, and clearly biased.

There was no reason for how I was spoken to or treated, other than prejudice. No one should have to deal with that kind of treatment when simply trying to shop.

I strongly advise other Black people—and anyone who values respectful customer service—to avoid this shop. The way I was treated made it painfully clear that I was not welcome, and no one deserves to be made to feel that way.

I'm appalled that Equans employees are paid to stay home, provided with vans, and receive good wages. It's even more frustrating knowing that Birmingham Council is responsible for covering these expenses. My neighbor is one of these employees. He apparently has so much energy that he keeps the next-door neighbors up all night. Meanwhile, he can sleep during the day and still get paid. It's just not right.

Where to start. I have lived in Birmingham for just over 2 years. I have worked for local authorities myself. I have to say BCC are not fit for purpose. In the 2years I have had to ask them to deal with issues THEY are responsible for with no joy whatsoever… passed from one idiot to the next (when you can actually get through to speak to one) that has no idea what they are talking about but say it with conviction and confidence… as there is no accountability for them it seem…I have to say I have never come across such a useless pointless authority. The government seriously need to intervene and try to pull back some of what Birmingham as a city no longer has… BCC need a clear out of incompetent staff to be replaced by people that care what happens to the city and that know what they are doing/talking about. Apologies, the star for one thing they are good at “taking money”.. the mismanagement of it that follows goodness only knows… as there appears to be only consequences of this at the expense of Birmingham residents… as soon as I can I am out of this city and it’s a shame as Birmingham used to be and could be a great city.. unfortunately no longer the case due to BCC incompetence (putting it politely).
Also, the hub in Northfield (only place open for face to face contact within the council)… beware if you need to visit you will potentially be traumatised! Staff dressed scruffy and unprofessional by sight and by approach… smelly dirty carpets… no privacy for all to hear your personal details and business… disgusting place and avoid if you can…

This review may sound a bit desperate, but its true, and all the fault of BCC.
After living 8 years next to drug users/dealers. and being assaulted a total of 4 times.
Of which three of the assaults were spontaneous, and began by myself getting head butted.
The police than charged, arrested, and locked me up for assault, because I beat the first attacker.

I was later found not guilty, but all the 4 perpetrators were never even charged.
After 8 years I accepted another house within a 4-way swap, and was told that because it was an end house there was only two people, living
there and they were out at work all day, and so quiet that you never knew if they were in!
Completely fabricated treachery..!

First night there I wanted to end my life, it was complete hell and there were three couples in there working 24/7.
Put up with it for around one and a half years then finally complained to BCC, due to deep depression.
Council fobbed me off and responded that they had complied with Birmingham City Council's complaint policy with regards to both stage 1 and
stage 2 of my complaint and even asked if I was satisfied!

They contacted no-one, they took no action whatsoever and I'm still suffering whilst coming up to a decade of lies and ignorance shown by BCC.
I truly believe that a law should be passed that all government workers should be drug tested, because you just cannot deny the insulting
mannerisms of their staff that come across as none empathetic, clueless, with cavalier attitudes...
They have made up stories to which I have proof of, and even won several cases by using the Ombudsman service, but even they seem to duck
any real responsibility and make very little usage of their results.

Personally I feel that BCC should be closed down and replaced by private firms, that won't waste tax payers money by denying people justice..!
Even their so-called environmental services are completely pointless in both action and similar attitudes.
They never even turned up at all..!
It feels as if you give them all the evidence and they simply reply, 'we have no time for this, ask someone else'?
Disgusted, because basic human rights seem to have been overwritten by fools...