Birmingham council to spend £2,600,000 removing England flags from streets

Birmingham City Council is seeking the removal of 20,000 England and Union Jack flags (Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire)

Birmingham City Council is forking out £2.6million to remove England and Union Jack flags from its streets.

Last month, legal action was taken to ban ‘unauthorised flags and banners’ from being fixed near roads.

Initially, the move sparked backlash, as a viral post on social media accused the council of seeking to ‘ban the national flag’ and pushing an ‘agenda’.

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