10,000 More Job Cuts
Tuesday 23rd November
2010
JOB CUTS AT
COUNCILS NEARS 50,000 AS 13 COUNCILS ANNOUNCE A FURTHER 9,900 JOBS
UNDER THREAT GMB ROUND UP SHOWS
GMB members in local
government front line services are being swamped by these job loss
announcements and we are now up to a devastating
50,000
Another 9,900 jobs in 13 English
Councils are under threat bringing the total to nearly 50,000 at 43
councils a new GMB round up published today shows. See notes to
Editors for details. These arise directly as a result of the Tory
Liberal Comprehensive Spending Review last month.
The most recent announcements of jobs
under threat are as follows: Bradford City Council 2,000
jobs; Gateshead Council 600 jobs; London Borough of Ealing 300 jobs
;Cumbria County Council 600 jobs ; Northumberland County
Council1,000 jobs; Isle of Wight Council 300 jobs ; Newcastle upon
Tyne City Council 2,000 jobs; North Tyneside Council 300 jobs ;
Lincolnshire County Council1,000 jobs; London Borough of
Harringay1,000; London Borough of Brent 350 jobs; Bath and North
East Somerset 300 jobs and Hartlepool Council 150 jobs.
GMB officers are receiving daily the
section 188 statutory advance notice of redundancies and HR1 form
from local councils and details are being monitored by the union
nationally. The notice triggers a 90 day consultation period on the
reasons for redundancies and basis for selection.
Brian Strutton GMB National Secretary
for Public Services said "With the latest tranche of
council job losses announced in the last few days it's clear that
the pace is accelerating. GMB members in local government front
line services are being swamped by these job loss announcements and
we are now up to a devastating 50,000."
End
Contact: Brian
Strutton GMB National Secretary for Public Services 07860 606137 or
0208 947 3131 or GMB press office 07921 289880
Notes to Editors
Details of jobs under threat at 43
Councils
|
|
Local Authority
|
Job Losses
|
Pay Cuts
|
|
1
|
Sefton Merseyside
|
1,000
|
|
|
2
|
East Riding Yorkshire
|
123
|
|
|
3
|
Rochdale
|
350
|
2.5%
|
|
4
|
Warwickshire
|
1,855
|
|
|
5
|
Barnsley
|
1,270
|
5%
|
|
6
|
Stockport
|
400
|
|
|
7
|
Lancashire CC
|
6,000
|
|
|
8
|
Derbyshire CC
|
2,000
|
|
|
9
|
Stoke on Trent
|
2,500
|
|
|
10
|
Sandwell
|
1,000
|
|
|
11
|
Leeds City C
|
3,000
|
|
|
12
|
Shropshire CC
|
2,400
|
|
|
13
|
Telford & Wrekin
|
530
|
|
|
14
|
Camden
|
270
|
|
|
15
|
Havering
|
509
|
|
|
16
|
Dorset
|
700
|
|
|
17
|
Oldham
|
800
|
|
|
18
|
Halton Borough Council Cheshire
|
108
|
|
|
19
|
Somerset
|
1,500
|
|
|
20
|
Kirklees
|
2,198
|
|
|
21
|
Sheffield
|
2,000
|
|
|
22
|
Norfolk County Council
|
3,000
|
|
|
23
|
Greater Manchester Police
Authority
|
3,000
|
|
|
24
|
Lancaster City Council
|
28
|
|
|
25
|
Southampton City Council
|
250
|
|
|
26
|
Norfolk Broads Authority
|
38
|
|
|
27
|
Blackpool Council
|
Up to 1,000
|
|
|
28
|
London Borough of Lambeth
|
2000
|
|
|
29
|
Bradford City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
30
|
Gateshead Council
|
600
|
|
|
31
|
London Borough of Ealing
|
300
|
|
|
32
|
Cumbria County Council
|
600
|
|
|
33
|
Northumberland County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
35
|
Isle of Wight Council
|
300
|
|
|
36
|
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
37
|
North Tyneside Council
|
300
|
|
|
39
|
Lincolnshire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
40
|
London Borough of Harringay
|
1,000
|
|
|
41
|
London Borough of Brent
|
350
|
|
|
42
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
300
|
|
|
43
|
Hartlepool Council
|
150
|
|
|
|
Total
|
49, 729
|
|