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Birmingham City Council is paying its own fines for breaking its Clean Air Zone rules—over £472,000 in charges from its own fleet, mostly waste trucks, while aggressively enforcing the zone on residents and businesses. Despite declaring bankruptcy and cutting budgets, the council still uses non-compliant vehicles, including hired ones, and even employs bailiffs to collect unpaid fines from others. With one in eight council vehicles failing emissions standards and charities struggling to afford daily fees, the irony is glaring: the city that pioneered the zone outside London is now facing its own messy, costly consequences.

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