Birmingham City Council's opposition Conservative leader has called on the entire Labour cabinet to step down following the resignation of James McKay today.
Labour cabinet member Coun McKay resigned, saying he could no longer support Sir Albert Bore's leadership and that someone new was needed to take the city forward.
But Conservative leader Coun Robert Alden believes the whole Labour leadership is at fault for the problems highlighted in a string of damning reports, including the Kerslake report, over the last year.
And he offered to take up the reigns in a minority Conservative administration.
Coun Alden (Erdington) said he had been highlighting problems since Sir Albert's Labour group took control of the city council in 2012.
He said: "While it should be welcomed the Cabinet are finally waking up to the trouble Birmingham City Council finds itself in, they cannot be absolved of responsibility for the mess we have got into over the last three years.
"These same cabinet members who are now raising the concerns, ourselves and others have highlighted previously, are the same cabinet members who pushed through Sir Albert's botched HR changes, which had to be undone within a year.
"They have supported a leadership that has resulted in three independent commissioners and one improvement panel being placed upon Birmingham."
He said the continued failure of children's services, refusal to listen to partners and "overspending on grand projects" had added to the impression of chaos and we're letting the city down.
"Today's resignation should be welcomed but until the leader and whole cabinet accept responsibility for their mess, resign and surrender control of the council, Birmingham will never get the change it so badly needs," he added.
