The shadow looming over an event looking at a plausible path to delivering greater prosperity in the Birmingham urban area was the council meltdown that dared not speak its name.
Those gathered at the launch of the report on economic growth strained to catch any public mention of the financial misfortunes of Birmingham City Council, which formally issued a section 114 notice in a blaze of national publicity earlier this month.
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