Council Job Cuts: 20,000 to go?
The widely quoted figure of 20,000 job cuts in local government over
the next few years is starting to gain a grim credibility as councils
begin to show their hands.
March 2010
Birmingham – front line services under attack
As Birmingham reels after the
discovery of the tenth child – a two year old from Harborne – to die from
neglect in the city in under four years, the Tory/Liberal run City Council has
announced its main target for cutbacks – the council’s Children, Young People
and Families Service. Birmingham, the
largest local authority in the UK, has a £26 million deficit and aims to slash
over 2,000 jobs from Social Services: 1300 jobs from the Children, Young People
and Families Service and 305 jobs from Adult and Community Services.