Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority in Europe[90] with 120 councillors representing 40 wards.[91] Its headquarters are at the Council House in Victoria Square. The council currently has a Labour Party majority and is led by Sir Albert Bore, replacing the previous Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition at the May 2012 elections. The honour and dignity of a Lord Mayoralty was conferred on Birmingham by Letters Patent on 3 June 1896.My guess is that this investigation is a holdover from the previous administration. The current one will probably sit on the findings and do nothing, while making the appropriate noises.