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184,073 Jobs Under Threat

Monday 21^st February 2011

184,073 PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS ALREADY UNDER THREAT AS PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES TO SELL-OFF AND PRIVATISE ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

This is no less than a full frontal attack on public services workers in the name of the private sector bankers who caused this recession and it stinks says GMB

A total of 184,073 public sector jobs are under threat at 297 local councils and authorities, at local NHS bodies and other public bodies as a result of the spending cuts, the latest GMB round–up reveals. The full list of councils and authorities and of NHS and other public bodies are set out in 'Notes to Editors' below.

GMB has been compiling the number of jobs under threat at local authorities across Britain. GMB now has figures for 297 local councils and the number of jobs under threat amounts to 165,172. GMB has added for the first time the number of jobs under threat at other public bodies including the NHS, universities, the MOD and the Environment Agency (EA). The table below summaries the total.

Local Authorities by Region (Total for 297 Councils)

North East 10,307

North West 29,812

Yorkshire & The Humber 21,403

East Midlands 11,900

West Midlands 21,758

Eastern 10,176

London 15,606

South East 13,866

South West 12,002

Wales 2,896

Scotland 15,446

Total Local Authorities 165,172

Total NHS Bodies 12,693

Total Other Public Bodies 6,208

Total Public Services jobs under threat 184,073

In nearly all of these councils and public bodies a 90 day statutory consultation period is underway on how to deal with these job losses. Most councils have given notice that they plan to delete vacant posts and seek volunteers for early retirements and redundancy.

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. Where possible GMB officers have sought to establish the difference between the number of posts that will be in a council in April 2014 compared with number of posts in summer 2010. Section 4 deals with timing of redundancies and the most common date on the HR1 forms is 31 March 2011. Many volunteers for redundancy have already left their employment.

Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary said, "The Prime Minister has today pledged to sell-off or privatise all public services as no less than 184,073 public services jobs are under threat because of spending cuts his government has brought in. This is no less than a full frontal attack on public services workers in the name of the private sector bankers who caused this recession. His message to public sector workers who keep our society going is 'tough'.

This will be a disaster for most in society while benefiting a few profiteers. This may be an attempt to divert attention from the failed concept of the Big Society. David Cameron seems to want to completely tear up the whole fabric of our society in favour of commercialism and profiteering. It's an extreme view based purely on ideology – there is no evidence at all that the private sector runs anything better than the public sector. You only have to look at the experience of privatising gas, electricity and water, the disastrous experiment of PFIor the 2008 financial collapse to see that.

What Mr Cameron hasn't said anything about is how much his plans to bring in 'middlemen' will cost the taxpayer. In the short term, the billions of pounds in fees and giveaways to the financial backers of the big businesses who want to get their hands on the public purse – in the longer term paying for profits instead of services, profits squirreled away offshore to avoid tax. The whole thing stinks."

Ends

Contact: 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: JOBS UNDER THREAT AT LOCAL AUTHORITIES ANDOTHER PUBLIC BODIES (as at 21^st February 2011)

Local Authorities
		Job Losses
North East	Newcastle upon Tyne City Council	2,000
	Durham County Council	1,600
	South Tyneside Council	1,200
	Northumbria Police Authority	1,143
	Northumberland County Council	1,000
	Gateshead Council	600
	Middlesbrough Borough Council	450
	Darlington UA	360
	Stockton on Tees Borough Council	350
	North Tyneside Council	300
	Redcar and Cleveland Council	300
	Cleveland Police Authority	230
	Durham Police Authority	196
	Cleveland Combined Fire Authority	180
	Tyne and Wear Fire & CD Authority	170
	Hartlepool Council	150
	Durham Combined Fire Authority	60
	Northumberland National Park Authority	18
	North East Total for 18 councils	10,307

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
	Blackburn with Darwin	1,700
	Liverpool City Council	1,500
	Wirral Borough Council	1,300
	Sefton	1,000
	Lancashire Police Authority	1,000
	Blackpool Council	1,000
	Wigan Council	820
	Oldham	800
	Salford Borough Council	800
	Tameside Council	800
	Cumbria County Council	611
	Cheshire East UA	550
	Cheshire Police Authority	500
	St Helens Borough Council	400
	Stockport	400
	Rochdale	350
	Cumbria Police Authority	335
	Merseyside Fire & CD Authority	165
	Trafford Borough Council	150
	Preston City Council	150
	Cheshire West and Chester	140
	Greater Manchester Fire & CD Authority	140
	Knowsley Council	121
	Halton Borough Council Cheshire	120
	Pendle Borough Council	76
	Burnley District Council	70
	Warrington	70
	Bury Borough Council	60
	Copeland District Council	44
	Lancaster City Council	28
	Lake District National Park Authority	12
	North West total for 36 councils	29,812

Yorkshire & The Humber	Leeds City Council	3,000
	Bradford City Council	2,975
	Kirklees	2,198
	Sheffield	2,000
	Hull City Council	1,701
	Wakefield	1,700
	West Yorkshire Police Authority	1,500
	Barnsley	1,270
	Doncaster Metropolitan Council plus homes arm	950
	Rotherham	893
	City of York Council	650
	North Yorkshire Police Authority	500
	North Yorkshire County Council	500
	South Yorkshire Police	381
	Calderdale Borough Council	200
	North East Lincolnshire Council	200
	Humberside Combined Fire Authority	170
	East Riding Yorkshire	145
	Humberside Police	139
	North Yorkshire Combined Fire Authority	130
	West Yorkshire Fire & CD Authority	120
	Scarborough Borough Council	60
	North Lincolnshire Council	21
	Yorkshire & Humber total for 23 councils	21,403

East Midlands	Nottinghamshire County Council	2,500
	Derbyshire CC	2,000
	Lincolnshire County Council	1,200
	Leicester City Council	1,000
	Leicestershire County Council	1,000
	Nottingham City Council	800
	Derby City Council	750
	Northamptonshire County Council	600
	Nottinghamshire Combined Fire Authority	210
	Chesterfield	140
	Leicestershire Police	100
	Derbyshire Police	100
	Northamptonshire Police Authority	100
	Nottinghamshire Police Authority	100
	Wellingborough Borough Council	100
	Northampton	71
	East Lindsey	63
	Lincolnshire Police Authority	60
	Ashfield	49
	Bassetlaw	49
	Charnwood	45
	Peak District National Park Authority	44
	Bolsover	43
	Derbyshire Dales Council	40
	Newark and Sherwood	39
	Mansfield	38
	Broxtowe	37
	South Holland	37
	South Kesteven	37
	Amber Valley	36
	Lincoln	36
	Gedling	33
	Derbyshire Combined Fire Authority	33
	High Peak	30
	Boston	30
	Erewash	30
	West Lindsey	29
	Kettering	27
	North West Leicestershire	27
	South Derbyshire	27
	North East Derbyshire	26
	Rushcliffe	25
	South Northamptonshire	24
	Blaby	23
	Daventry	23
	East Northamptonshire	14
	Rutland	22
	Harborough	21
	Oadby and Wigston	17
	Melton	15
	East Midlands total for 50 councils	11,900

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
	Dudley Borough Council	800
	Staffordshire Police Authority	600
	Telford & Wrekin	530
	Staffordshire County Council	500
	Wolverhampton Council	500
	Warwickshire Police Authority	450
	Walsall Borough Council	421
	West Mercia Police Authority	287
	Herefordshire Council	53
	Staffordshire Moorlands	52
	South Staffordshire Council	47
	Stratford-on-Avon district council	29
	Wyre Forest District Council	24
	East Staffordshire	10
	West Midlands total for 22 councils	21,758

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
	Essex County Council	450
	Suffolk Police Authority	300
	Thurrock Council	292
	Central Bedfordshire Council	184
	Peterborough City Council	180
	Southend Council	178
	Bedford Borough Council	170
	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
	Watford Council	23
	Cambridgeshire Police Authority	20
	Great Yarmouth Borough Council	18
	North Hertfordshire	18
	Tendring	18
	Castle Point	16
	Eastern total for 27 councils	10,176

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 Sutton	400
	London Borough of Barnet	354
	London Borough of Brent	350
	London Borough of Ealing	300
	London Borough of Islington	700
	London Borough of Harrow	300
	London Borough of Camden	270
	London Borough of Redbridge	250
	Westminster City Council	250
	London Borough of Greenwich	240
	London Borough of Wandsworth	210
	Merton	170
	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	165
	City of London Corporation	151
	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	125
	London Fire and Emergency	64
	London Borough of Hillingdon	46
	London total for 29 councils	15,606

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
	Thames Valley Police Authority	800
	West Sussex	800
	Surrey County Council	650
	Bucks County Council	500
	Isle of Wight Council	500
	Portsmouth City Council	408
	Reading Borough Council	300
	Southampton City Council	285
	East Sussex County Council	200
	West Berkshire UA	140
	Medway Council	157
	Dover District Council	120
	Wokingham Borough Council	100
	Milton Keynes Council	285
	Brighton & Hove	250
	Surrey Police Authority	144
	Slough Borough Council	80
	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	71
	Epsom and Ewell Council	70
	Oxford City Council	70
	Winchester City Council	70
	Windsor and Maidenhead Council	70
	Hastings	46
	New Forest District Council	40
	Thanet Council	30
	Rushmoor Borough Council	30
	Crawley Borough Council	15
	Eastleigh Borough Council	10
	Hart District Council	9
	Guildford Borough Council	6
	South East total for 36 councils	13,866

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
	Wiltshire	450
	Wiltshire Police Authority	350
	Bath and North East Somerset	300
	Gloucestershire Police Authority	282
	Avon & Somerset Police Authority	240
	Swindon UA	238
	Borough of Poole	200
	North Somerset District Council	130
	Gloucester City Council	90
	Exeter City Council	56
	North Devon District Council	50
	Stroud District Council	45
	Dorset Police	29
	Teignbridge Council	19
	Taunton Deane Borough Council	8
	South West for 23 councils	12,002

Wales	South Wales Police Authority	688
	Carmarthenshire	450
	North Wales Police Authority	440
	Dyfed Police Authority	350
	Cardiff City Council	350
	Gwent Police	350
	Merthyr Tydfil CBC	120
	Torfaen	80
	Flintshire Council	68
	Wales total for 9 councils	2,896

Scotland	Fife Council	3,300
	Glasgow City Councils and arms	3,000
	Edinburgh City Council	1,200
	Highlands Council	1,000
	Aberdeen City Council	900
	Aberdeenshire	900
	Strathclyde Police	800
	Argyll and Bute Council	637
	North Lanarkshire Council	613
	Renfrewshire Council	500
	Angus Council	500
	South Lanarkshire	400
	Central Scotland Police	374
	Grampian Police	250
	Dumfries and Galloway Council	178
	Dundee City	160
	East Dunbartonshire Council	160
	Scottish Borders	150
	Orkney Islands	94
	Lothian & Borders Police	80
	Inverclyde Council	78
	Moray Council	70
	Eilean Siar	60
	Fife Constabulary	42
	Scotland total for 24 councils	15,446

TOTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR 297 COUNCILS		165,172

NHS

North East	NHS North East	500
	NHS Counter Fraud	40

North West	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	705
	Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT	250
	Central Lancashire PCT	75
	Lancashire Care NHS Trust	53
	Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust	16


Yorkshire & The Humber	Humber NHS Foundation Trust	40

East Midlands	University Hospitals of Leicestershire	1,500
	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	670
	NHS Leicestershire Partnerships NHS Trust	60

West Midlands	Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	1,600
	Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	340
	Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	300
	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	257
	North Staffordshire PCT	110
	University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	25
	Telford and Wrekin PCT	19
	Shropshire County PCT	13

Eastern	NHS Norfolk / NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney	500
	Southend Hospital	400
	South West Essex Primary Care Trust	250
	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn	224
	Ipswich Hospital	70

London	Ealing Primary Care Trust	900
	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital	600
	Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	250
	Kingston Hospital	486
	The Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust	30
	St Georges Hospital Trust	500
	South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust	10

South East	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	600
	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	375
	Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust	308
	Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	120
	Surrey Primary Care Trust	70
	Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	57
	Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Foundation Trust	55
	Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	40
	Brighton & Hove City PCT	33
	Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trust	30

South West	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	230

NHS TOTAL		12,693


Other Public sector

North West	Knowsley Housing Trust	121
	Liverpool Hope University	100

West Midlands	Sandwell College	90
	Dudley College of Technology	50
	Halesowen College	20
	Stourbridge College	5

South East	Southampton Solent University	200

Wales	Driving Standards Agency	87
	University of Wales Institute	35

National	Environment Agency	3,000
	Ministry of Defence	2,500

TOTAL OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES		6,208

	TOTAL PUBLIC JOBS UNDER THREAT	184,073

2 There are a total of 353 councils in England, 22 in Wales and 32 in Scotland. There are 104 other authorities including national parks, police, fire and waste. For a total of 220 plus authorities GMB has not yet established the number of posts under threat. GMB is waiting for information from 130 smaller shire district councils in England, from 13 larger councils in England (6 London Boroughs, 2 Met Boroughs, 1 Shire Counties and 4 Unitary Authorities), 12 councils in Scotland,17 in Wales and 41 plus other authorities.