Struggling Birmingham City Council could make up to 600 staff redundant months after the authority issued a Section 114 notice amid a £760m equal pay claim.
Government officials are monitoring the situation at City of York Council after auditors found it overpaid severance and sick pay to a former chief executive amid threats of tribunal claims.
Current redundancy terms for civil servants will remain in place until at least the end of this year, the government has told the Public and Commercial Services Union.
