125,894 Job Losses By Region
Wednesday 19th January 2011
GMB LINKS RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT TO 125,894 JOBS UNDER
THREAT AT 165 AUTHORITIES
The government is in denial that it is deliberately creating
unemployment but the fact is that it is driving up the level of
unemployment says GMB
GMB’s latest list shows that a total of 125,894 posts are under
threat of being made redundant at 165 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.
Since the GMB press release of 13 January listing 145 councils
another 20 councils and authorities have been added to the list.
These are - Dudley Borough Council;800 Calderdale Borough
Council;200 Thanet Council;30 West Mercia Police Authority;287
Staffordshire Police Authority;600 Essex Police Authority;1,200
Norfolk Police Authority;640 Hertfordshire Police Authority;550
Bedfordshire Police Authority;60 Essex Combined Fire Authority;100
Lake District National Park Authority;12 West Yorkshire Fire and CD
Authority;120 Nottinghamshire Combined Fire ;150 Northamptonshire
Police Authority;100 Lincolnshire Police Authority;60 Hampshire
Police Authority;1,400 Gloucestershire Police Authority;282
Metropolitan Police Authority;1,000 Hampshire County Council;1,200
Humberside Combined Fire Authority;170.
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 332 authorities GMB
has not yet established the number of posts under threat.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, said “This rise in
the number of people unemployed at a time when the economy is
recovering from the bankers recession is linked to not filling
vacancies right across the public sector and to people of working
age volunteering for redundancy being added to the dole queues. The
government is in denial that it is deliberately creating
unemployment but the fact is that it is driving up the level of
unemployment.
GMB tracks the number of job losses in the local
authority sector. To date the cumulative number of job losses is
125,894 for 165 authorities. In the current circumstances it is
hard to see the private sector creating enough new jobs to make up
for these job losses.
The purchasing power of people in work is being badly
affected by the hike in VAT and other inflationary pressures on the
economy as pay is not keeping up. 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 with 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 19th January 2011 by
region
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Job Losses
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North East
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Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
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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
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|
|
Hartlepool Council
|
150
|
|
|
Durham Police Authority
|
86
|
|
|
Northumberland National Park Authority
|
18
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|
|
North East total
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9,164
|
|
|
|
|
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North West
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Lancashire CC
|
6,000
|
|
|
Greater Manchester Police Authority
|
2,800
|
|
|
Manchester City Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Bolton Borough Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Merseyside Police Authority
|
1,800
|
|
|
Trafford Borough Council
|
150
|
|
|
Preston City Council
|
150
|
|
|
Halton Borough Council Cheshire
|
108
|
|
|
Burnley District Council
|
70
|
|
|
Copeland District Council
|
44
|
|
|
Lancaster City Council
|
28
|
|
|
Lake District National Park Authority
|
12
|
|
|
North Westtotal
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25,308
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yorkshire& The Humber
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Leeds City Council
|
3,000
|
|
|
Kirklees
|
2,198
|
|
|
Sheffield
|
2,000
|
|
|
Bradford City Council
|
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
|
|
|
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 Humber total
|
16,465
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Midlands
|
Derbyshire CC
|
2,000
|
|
|
Leicestershire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Lincolnshire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Nottingham City Council
|
800
|
|
|
Derby City Council
|
750
|
|
|
Northamptonshire County Council
|
600
|
|
|
Nottinghamshire Combined Fire Authority
|
150
|
|
|
Northamptonshire Police Authority
|
100
|
|
|
Lincolnshire Police Authority
|
60
|
|
|
Peak District National Park Authority
|
44
|
|
|
Derbyshire Dales Council
|
40
|
|
|
East Midlandstotal
|
6,544
|
|
|
|
|
|
West Midlands
|
Birmingham City Council
|
5,000
|
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
2,500
|
|
|
Shropshire CC
|
2,400
|
|
|
West Midlands Police Authority
|
2,200
|
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1,855
|
|
|
Sandwell
|
1,000
|
|
|
Coventry City Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Dudley Borough Council
|
800
|
|
|
Staffordshire Police Authority
|
600
|
|
|
Telford & Wrekin
|
530
|
|
|
Warwickshire Police Authority
|
450
|
|
|
West Mercia Police Authority
|
287
|
|
|
Wyre Forest District Council
|
24
|
|
|
West Midlandstotal
|
18,646
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Bedford Borough Council
|
170
|
|
|
Basildon District Council
|
100
|
|
|
Essex Combined Fire Authority
|
100
|
|
|
Bedfordshire Police Authority
|
60
|
|
|
Norfolk Broads Authority
|
38
|
|
|
Harlow District Council
|
30
|
|
|
Eastern total
|
8,994
|
|
|
|
|
|
London
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London Borough of Lambeth
|
2,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Newham
|
1,200
|
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,000
|
|
|
London Borough of Harringay
|
1,000
|
|
|
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 Greenwich
|
240
|
|
|
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
|
165
|
|
|
City of London
|
21
|
|
|
Londontotal
|
10,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Isle of Wight Council
|
500
|
|
|
Bucks County 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
|
|
|
Milton Keynes Council
|
86
|
|
|
Epsom and Ewell Council
|
70
|
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead Council
|
50
|
|
|
New Forest District Council
|
40
|
|
|
Thanet Council
|
30
|
|
|
South East total
|
11,108
|
|
|
|
|
|
South West
|
Cornwall County Council
|
2,000
|
|
|
Devon County Council
|
1,700
|
|
|
Somerset
|
1,500
|
|
|
Devon and Cornwall Police
|
1,075
|
|
|
Gloucestershire County Council
|
1,000
|
|
|
Dorset 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 Devon District Council
|
50
|
|
|
South West total
|
10,585
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wales
|
Dyfed Police Authority
|
350
|
|
|
North Wales Police Authority
|
440
|
|
|
Merthyr Tydfil CBC
|
120
|
|
|
Flintshire Council
|
68
|
|
|
Wales total
|
978
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scotland
|
Glasgow City Councils and arms
|
3,000
|
|
|
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
|
7,841
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National total
|
125,894
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