--- title: Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board description: Birmingham City Council has delayed the relaunch of its Oracle Fusion ERP system until at least summer 2026, citing the need for staff readiness and payroll... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/birmingham-pauses-oracle-relaunch-to-get-staff-on-board-skw4oqtqb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board | daily.dev og:description: Birmingham City Council has delayed the relaunch of its Oracle Fusion ERP system until at least summer 2026, citing the need for staff readiness and payroll... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/birmingham-pauses-oracle-relaunch-to-get-staff-on-board-skw4oqtqb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SKw4oQTqb.png og:image:alt: Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Birmingham City Council has delayed the relaunch of its Oracle Fusion ERP system until at least summer 2026, citing the need for staff readiness and payroll accuracy concerns. The original 2022 implementation was disastrous, leaving the council unable to produce auditable accounts and contributing to bankruptcy. Costs have ballooned from £19 million to £131 million, with total losses potentially reaching £216.5 million. The council is now reimplementing Oracle 'out of the box' after extensive customizations failed, but continues to face delays and governance challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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