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Up to 2,000 jobs going at Birmingham City Council
doire_2
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That is shocking news. Only the tip of the iceberg of whats coming
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8508023.stm
Up to 2,000 jobs could go from Birmingham City Council during the next financial year. The council, the largest local authority in the UK which employs 52,000 people, said it had to make savings of up to £69m by April 2011.
The cuts are based on an assumption that unions will agree to a pay freeze, with the council saying there could be more jobs to go if not.
Reports have been circulating for some time about job losses.
Chief executive Stephen Hughes said the council was facing "a very large challenge".
'Voluntary redundancies'
"In my time in public service this is probably the biggest challenge we are ever going to face," he said.
Staff in several departments have been sent letters asking if they wish to take voluntary redundancy and the council has said it hopes most losses can be made through that or early retirement.
Workers in the children and young people's department are expected to bear the brunt of the losses.
The council has said teachers or social workers are not under threat.
Other areas which could be affected include day care centres, residential homes for the elderly, sport and leisure facilities and libraries.
The council has also identified several areas where it can increase its revenue.
These include looking at what can be done to increase revenues at its cemeteries and crematoria, vehicle recovery and parks, museums and libraries departments.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8508023.stm
Up to 2,000 jobs could go from Birmingham City Council during the next financial year. The council, the largest local authority in the UK which employs 52,000 people, said it had to make savings of up to £69m by April 2011.
The cuts are based on an assumption that unions will agree to a pay freeze, with the council saying there could be more jobs to go if not.
Reports have been circulating for some time about job losses.
Chief executive Stephen Hughes said the council was facing "a very large challenge".
'Voluntary redundancies'
"In my time in public service this is probably the biggest challenge we are ever going to face," he said.
Staff in several departments have been sent letters asking if they wish to take voluntary redundancy and the council has said it hopes most losses can be made through that or early retirement.
Workers in the children and young people's department are expected to bear the brunt of the losses.
The council has said teachers or social workers are not under threat.
Other areas which could be affected include day care centres, residential homes for the elderly, sport and leisure facilities and libraries.
The council has also identified several areas where it can increase its revenue.
These include looking at what can be done to increase revenues at its cemeteries and crematoria, vehicle recovery and parks, museums and libraries departments.
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Terribly sad.
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The question should be how many have been added to payroll since 1997 and how much has been spent on IT to improve efficiency (yeah, I know public sector IT....) without any jobs been removed/changed as a result?0
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only 2000 - should be 22000
useless hateful wastes of my tax money.
and the remaining lot should get a 40% pay cut!!!!!!!!0 -
What do you do, horsie?0
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what i do is irrelevant, other than to say that I work in the private sector and pay a lot of tax.0
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The_White_Horse wrote: »what i do is irrelevant, other than to say that I work in the private sector and pay a lot of tax.
Annoying, isn't it. I am in the same boat.
anyway it is nice to see a well run council like Birmingham taking a sensible approach. Sadly the people affected will be those at the sharp end and not the incompetent imbeciles that allow this to happen.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories//tm_headline=birmingham-city-council-manager-paid-163-175-000-to-be-off-work-for-four-years&method=full&objectid=25726851&siteid=97319-name_page.html"There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
do you own your own field or do you use public fields to cantor and gallop?The_White_Horse wrote: »what i do is irrelevant, other than to say that I work in the private sector and pay a lot of tax.0 -
do you own your own field or do you use public fields to cantor and gallop?
Just public houses given the products label for which he models."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0
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