内容摘要：Det Ch Insp Brian Howie said: "We are in the very early stages of our investigation and my team of experienced detectives and forensic specialists are working at pace to establish the circumstances of this death.

Det Ch Insp Brian Howie said: "We are in the very early stages of our investigation and my team of experienced detectives and forensic specialists are working at pace to establish the circumstances of this death.

"What we've sought to do in framing this budget is ensuring that we've mitigated the impact on the most vulnerable," he said.Users of a flagship IT system at Birmingham City Council reported 8,000 issues in its first six months online, according to auditors.

Oracle's system was supposed to streamline payment and HR processes but its full implementation is now more than three years overdue.says the problems mean the authority faces a risk of theft and fraud which is "inherently high".In May last year, the council revealed the total cost of the project could reach £100m, five times the original estimate.

Three months later, a local authority report outlined how council teams had sought to customise the system rather than accept it as it stood, in a bid to fit the existing way teams conducted business.Chief financial officer Fiona Greenway told the council's audit committee on Wednesday that her team had been under extreme pressure.

She said more than 270 staff had not been listened to when trying to raise IT concerns for over a year.

"The level of trust I am having to try and build up with the teams is really difficult," she said.with other dramatic measures

Andy Street, Conservative mayor for the West Midlands, said it was a "dark day that sets the city back, just as we thought we had turned a corner and were on the rise again".The authority needs to tackle a £300m budget shortfall over the next two years.

It is also facing equal pay claims of up to £760m and an £80m overspend on an under-fire IT system.Exactly which assets could be sold to repay the debt has not yet been finalised.