140,456 Job Cuts At 203 Councils
Monday 24th January 2011
NEW GMB LIST
SHOWS 140,456 JOBS UNDER THREAT AT 203 AUTHORITIES
The government is deliberately
creating unemployment on a scale that we have not seen before as
union says that deflation is not the way to growth and a
balanced budget
GMB's latest list shows that a total
of 140,456 posts are under threat of being made redundant at 203
councils and authorities across Britain. In nearly all these
councils a 90 day statutory consultation period is underway on how
to deal with these job losses. Councils have given notice that they
plan to delete vacant posts and seek volunteers for early
retirements and redundancy. See Notes to Editors for list of
authorities by region.
Under the Trades Union and Labour
Relations(Consolidation) Act 1992 employers are required to give
the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills an
advance(HR1) notification of potential redundancies and to send
copies to recognized trades unions. Section 6 of the HR1 form sets
out the number of possible redundancies and the date on the form
triggers the 90 day consultation period. The information below on
the levels of posts under threat is mainly drawn from this source.
Section 4 deals with timing of redundancies and the most common
date on the HR1 forms is 31 March 2011. Some volunteers have
already left. Some of the numbers, for example those for Leeds and
Surrey County Council, are for the number of posts that will be
lost at the end of the cuts in three or four years
time, compared with the number of posts at June
2010.
The job losses in authorities by
region are as follows:
|
North East total
|
9,164
|
|
North West total
|
25,945
|
|
Yorkshire & The Humber total
|
16,846
|
|
East Midlands total
|
10,304
|
|
West Midlands total
|
20,746
|
|
Eastern total
|
9,473
|
|
London total
|
13,829
|
|
South East total
|
12,530
|
|
South West total
|
10,808
|
|
Wales total
|
1,170
|
|
Scotland total
|
9,641
|
|
|
|
|
National total
|
140,456
|
There are a total of 353 councils in
England, 22 in Wales and 32 in Scotland plus a total of 90 other
authorities including national parks, police, fire and waste. For a
total of 294 authorities GMB has not yet established the number of
posts under threat.
Since the GMB press release of
19th January listing 165 councils another 38 councils
and authorities have been added to the list. These are: Pendle
Council;76, Colchester, Council;100,Leicester City Council;1,000,
Southend Council;178, Bracknell Forest Borough Council;71,
Cambridge City Council;41, Crawley Borough Council;15, Derbyshire
Police;100, Dorset Police;29, Dover District Council;120, Eastleigh
Borough Council;10, Essex County Council;160, Fife Council;1,800,
Greater Manchester Fire & CD Authority ;140, Guildford Borough
Council;6, Herefordshire Council;53, Knowsley Council;121,
Leicestershire Police;100, LondonBorough of Croydon;1,500, London
Borough of Hackney;800, London Borough of Redbridge;250, London
Borough of Southwark;1,000, London Fire and Emergency;18,
NorthSomerset District Council;130, Nottinghamshire County
Council;2,500, Rushmoor Borough Council;30, South Staffordshire
Council;47, South Yorkshire Police;381, Surrey County
Council;1,000, Torfaen;80, Winchester City Council;70, Wokingham
Borough Council;100, Worcestershire County Council;1,500, Taunton
Deane Borough Council;8, Staffordshire County Council;500, Cardiff
City Council;112, Liverpool City Council;300 and Exeter City
Council;56. For some of these councils, like Liverpool City
Council, the numbers shown are not the final figures instead they
are from the HR1 forms for some council departments sent to GMB.
GMB will update the numbers as we get them.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary,
said "The government is deliberately creating unemployment
on a scale that we have not seen before. As a direct consequence of
the government spending plans the cumulative number of job losses
is 140,456 for 203 authorities in
Britain. To that total has to be added the
job losses in the rest of the public sector.
Any suggestion that frontline
services for the most vulnerable people in our society are not
being affected by cuts of this scale is simply nonsense. The impact
for those who depend on these services will be devastating. Some
services like meals on wheels in some authorities are now only
available to those at deaths door.
In the current circumstances
it is hard to see the private sector creating enough new jobs to
make up for these job losses. The money that people in work have to
spend is being badly affected by the hike in VAT, high fuel prices
and other inflationary pressures on the economy as pay is not
keeping up with inflation. Pay freezes in the public sector and the
threatened increase in pension contributions will make matters
worse.
GMB has accused the coalition
government of taking an almighty gamble will the economy and that
accusation stands. It is not possible to deflate your way to growth
and a balanced
budget."
End
Contact: Brian
Strutton GMB National Secretary 07860 606 137, Mark Holland for
East Anglia 07738 958141, Alex McLuckie for Scotland 07885 348 269,
Stuart Fegan for South West 07912 890434, John Philips for Wales
07980 753 126, Colin Smith for North East 07870 176 723, Dave
Powell for London 07710 631 349, Les Dobbs for East Midlands 07966
327 967, Martin Hird for West Midlands 07809 769 378, Neil
Derrick for Yorkshire 07958 156832, and Graham McDermott 07974 018
404/ Giovanna Holt for North West 07740 804058, Paul Maloney
for South East 07921 289880 or GMB Press office 07974 251 823 or
07921 289880
Notes to Editors
Posts under threat as of
24th January 2011 by region
|
|
|
Job Losses
|
|
North East
|
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Durham County Council
|
1,600
|
|
|
South Tyneside Council
|
1,200
|
|
|
Northumberland County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Gateshead Council
|
600
|
|
|
Northumbria Police Authority
|
450
|
|
|
Middlesbrough Borough Council
|
400
|
|
|
Darlington UA
|
360
|
|
|
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
|
350
|
|
|
North Tyneside Council
|
300
|
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland Council
|
300
|
|
|
Cleveland Combined Fire Authority
|
180
|
|
|
Tyne and Wear Fire & CD
Authority
|
170
|
|
|
Hartlepool Council
|
150
|
|
|
Durham Police Authority
|
86
|
|
|
Northumberland National Park
Authority
|
18
|
|
|
North East total
|
9,164
|
|
|
|
|
|
North West
|
Lancashire CC
|
6,000
|
|
|
Greater Manchester Police
Authority
|
2,800
|
|
|
Manchester City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Bolton Borough Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Merseyside Police Authority
|
1,800
|
|
|
Sefton
|
1,000
|
|
|
Wirral Borough Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Lancashire Police Authority
|
1,000
|
|
|
Blackpool Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Oldham
|
800
|
|
|
Salford Borough Council
|
800
|
|
|
Tameside Council
|
800
|
|
|
Cumbria County Council
|
611
|
|
|
Blackburn with Darwin
|
600
|
|
|
Cheshire East UA
|
550
|
|
|
Cheshire Police Authority
|
500
|
|
|
St Helens Borough Council
|
400
|
|
|
Stockport
|
400
|
|
|
Rochdale
|
350
|
|
|
Cumbria Police Authority
|
335
|
|
|
Liverpool City Council
|
300
|
|
|
Trafford Borough Council
|
150
|
|
|
Preston City Council
|
150
|
|
|
Greater Manchester Fire & CD
Authority
|
140
|
|
|
Knowsley Council
|
121
|
|
|
Halton Borough Council Cheshire
|
108
|
|
|
Pendle Borough Council
|
76
|
|
|
Burnley District Council
|
70
|
|
|
Copeland District Council
|
44
|
|
|
Lancaster City Council
|
28
|
|
|
Lake District National Park
Authority
|
12
|
|
|
North
Westtotal
|
25,945
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yorkshire& The
Humber
|
Leeds City Council
|
3,000
|
|
|
Kirklees
|
2,198
|
|
|
Bradford City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Sheffield
|
2,000
|
|
|
Hull City Council
|
1,701
|
|
|
West Yorkshire Police Authority
|
1,500
|
|
|
Barnsley
|
1,270
|
|
|
Doncaster Metropolitan Council plus
homes arm
|
950
|
|
|
City of York Council
|
600
|
|
|
South Yorkshire Police
|
381
|
|
|
North Yorkshire Police Authority
|
210
|
|
|
Calderdale Borough Council
|
200
|
|
|
North East Lincolnshire Council
|
200
|
|
|
Humberside Combined Fire Authority
|
170
|
|
|
East Riding Yorkshire
|
135
|
|
|
North Yorkshire Combined Fire
Authority
|
130
|
|
|
West Yorkshire Fire & CD
Authority
|
120
|
|
|
Scarborough Borough Council
|
60
|
|
|
North Lincolnshire Council
|
21
|
|
|
Yorkshire& The
Humbertotal
|
16,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Midlands
|
Nottinghamshire County Council
|
2,500
|
|
|
Derbyshire CC
|
2,000
|
|
|
Leicester City Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Leicestershire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Lincolnshire County Council
|
1000
|
|
|
Nottingham City Council
|
800
|
|
|
Derby City Council
|
750
|
|
|
Northamptonshire County Council
|
600
|
|
|
Nottinghamshire Combined Fire
Authority
|
210
|
|
|
Leicestershire Police
|
100
|
|
|
Derbyshire Police
|
100
|
|
|
Northamptonshire Police Authority
|
100
|
|
|
Lincolnshire Police Authority
|
60
|
|
|
Peak District National Park
Authority
|
44
|
|
|
Derbyshire Dales Council
|
40
|
|
|
East
Midlandstotal
|
10,304
|
|
West Midlands
|
|
|
|
|
Birmingham City Council
|
5,000
|
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
2,500
|
|
|
Shropshire CC
|
2,400
|
|
|
West Midlands Police Authority
|
2,200
|
|
|
Warwickshire County Council
|
1,855
|
|
|
Worcestershire County Council
|
1,500
|
|
|
Coventry City Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Sandwell
|
1,000
|
|
|
Staffordshire County Council
|
500
|
|
|
Dudley Borough Council
|
800
|
|
|
Staffordshire Police Authority
|
600
|
|
|
Telford & Wrekin
|
530
|
|
|
Warwickshire Police Authority
|
450
|
|
|
West Mercia Police Authority
|
287
|
|
|
Herefordshire Council
|
53
|
|
|
South Staffordshire Council
|
47
|
|
|
Wyre Forest District Council
|
24
|
|
|
West
Midlandstotal
|
20,746
|
|
Eastern
|
|
|
|
|
Norfolk County Council
|
3,000
|
|
|
Suffolk County Council
|
1,500
|
|
|
Essex Police Authority
|
1,200
|
|
|
Norfolk Police Authority
|
640
|
|
|
Hertfordshire Police Authority
|
550
|
|
|
Luton Borough Council
|
500
|
|
|
Cambridgeshire County Council
|
450
|
|
|
Thurrock Council
|
292
|
|
|
Central Bedfordshire Council
|
184
|
|
|
Peterborough City Council
|
180
|
|
|
Southend Council
|
178
|
|
|
Bedford Borough Council
|
170
|
|
|
Essex County Council
|
160
|
|
|
Basildon District Council
|
100
|
|
|
Colchester Council
|
100
|
|
|
Essex Combined Fire Authority
|
100
|
|
|
Bedfordshire Police Authority
|
60
|
|
|
Cambridge City Council
|
41
|
|
|
Norfolk Broads Authority
|
38
|
|
|
Harlow District Council
|
30
|
|
|
Eastern total
|
9,473
|
|
London
|
|
|
|
|
London Borough of Lambeth
|
2,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Croydon
|
1,500
|
|
|
London Borough of Newham
|
1,200
|
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Haringey
|
1,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Southwark
|
1,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Hackney
|
800
|
|
|
London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham
|
700
|
|
|
London Borough of Waltham Forest
|
652
|
|
|
London Borough of Havering
|
509
|
|
|
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
|
500
|
|
|
London Borough of Hounslow
|
400
|
|
|
London Borough of Barnet
|
354
|
|
|
London Borough of Brent
|
350
|
|
|
London Borough of Ealing
|
300
|
|
|
London Borough of Islington
|
300
|
|
|
London Borough of Harrow
|
300
|
|
|
London Borough of Camden
|
270
|
|
|
London Borough of Redbridge
|
250
|
|
|
London Borough of Greenwich
|
240
|
|
|
Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea
|
165
|
|
|
City of London
|
21
|
|
|
London Fire and Emergency
|
18
|
|
|
Londontotal
|
13,829
|
|
South East
|
|
|
|
|
Kent County Council
|
1,500
|
|
|
Kent Police Authority
|
1,500
|
|
|
Hampshire Police Authority
|
1,400
|
|
|
Hampshire County Council
|
1,200
|
|
|
Sussex Police Authority
|
1,010
|
|
|
Oxfordshire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Surrey County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Thames Valley Police Authority
|
800
|
|
|
Bucks County Council
|
500
|
|
|
Isle of Wight Council
|
500
|
|
|
Portsmouth City Council
|
408
|
|
|
Reading Borough Council
|
300
|
|
|
Southampton City Council
|
250
|
|
|
East Sussex County Council
|
200
|
|
|
West Berkshire UA
|
140
|
|
|
Medway Council
|
124
|
|
|
Dover District Council
|
120
|
|
|
Wokingham Borough Council
|
100
|
|
|
Milton Keynes Council
|
86
|
|
|
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
|
71
|
|
|
Epsom and Ewell Council
|
70
|
|
|
Winchester City Council
|
70
|
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead Council
|
50
|
|
|
New Forest District Council
|
40
|
|
|
Thanet Council
|
30
|
|
|
Rushmoor Borough Council
|
30
|
|
|
Crawley Borough Council
|
15
|
|
|
Eastleigh Borough Council
|
10
|
|
|
Guildford Borough Council
|
6
|
|
|
South East total
|
12,530
|
|
South West
|
|
|
|
|
Cornwall County Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Devon County Council
|
1,700
|
|
|
Somerset
|
1,500
|
|
|
Devon and Cornwall Police
|
1,075
|
|
|
Dorset County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Gloucestershire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Bristol City Council
|
740
|
|
|
Plymouth City Council
|
500
|
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
300
|
|
|
Gloucestershire Police Authority
|
282
|
|
|
Swindon UA
|
238
|
|
|
Borough of Poole
|
200
|
|
|
North Somerset District Council
|
130
|
|
|
Exeter City Council
|
56
|
|
|
North Devon District Council
|
50
|
|
|
Dorset Police
|
29
|
|
|
Taunton Deane Borough Council
|
8
|
|
|
South West total
|
10,808
|
|
Wales
|
|
|
|
|
North Wales Police Authority
|
440
|
|
|
Dyfed Police Authority
|
350
|
|
|
Merthyr Tydfil CBC
|
120
|
|
|
Cardiff City Council
|
112
|
|
|
Torfaen
|
80
|
|
|
Flintshire Council
|
68
|
|
|
Wales total
|
1,170
|
|
Scotland
|
|
|
|
|
Glasgow City Councils and arms
|
3,000
|
|
|
Fife Council
|
1,800
|
|
|
Highlands Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Aberdeen City Council
|
900
|
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
900
|
|
|
Argyll and Bute Council
|
637
|
|
|
North Lanarkshire Council
|
576
|
|
|
Angus Council
|
500
|
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway Council
|
178
|
|
|
East Dunbartonshire Council
|
150
|
|
|
Scotlandtotal
|
9,641
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National total
|
140,456
|