Birmingham to host Commonwealth Games of 2022 in £750m project

• City expected to introduce £2-a-night hotel tax to cover shortfall
• Athletes’ village in Perry Barr with the government covering £560m of billBirmingham will be named as the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday after a tumultuous bidding process.The Games will therefore be held in England for the first time since Manchester hosted the multi-sport event in 2002. The Birmingham bid suffered an unexpected setback when it was deemed “non-compliant