162718 Council Jobs Threatened
Monday 14th February 2011
GMB TRACK 162,718 POSTS UNDER THREAT AT 290 AUTHORITIES
IN BRITAIN DUE TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING
CUTS
Many of the post holders have already taken voluntary
redundancy and frozen posts have not been filled which is why
unemployment will carry on rising says GMB
GMB's latest list shows that a total of 162,718 posts are under
threat of being made redundant at 290 councils and authorities
across Britain. In nearly all of these councils 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. See Notes to Editors for posts under threat by
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. Where possible GMB
officers are seeking 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.
The posts under threat in 290 authorities by region- as of
14th February - are as follows:
|
North East total
|
9,488
|
|
North West total
|
29,812
|
|
Yorkshire & The Humber total
|
21,233
|
|
East Midlands total
|
11,909
|
|
West Midlands total
|
21,504
|
|
Eastern total
|
10,176
|
|
London total
|
15,390
|
|
South East total
|
13,596
|
|
South West total
|
11,802
|
|
Wales total
|
2,446
|
|
Scotland total
|
15,362
|
|
|
|
|
National
|
162,718
|
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 16 larger councils in England (8
London Boroughs, 2 Met Boroughs, 1 Shire Counties and 5 Unitary
Authorities), 13 councils in Scotland,18 in Wales and 43 plus other
authorities.
Since the GMB press release of 2nd February
listing 261 councils another 29 councils and authorities have been
added to the list. These are: Merseyside Fire & CD
Authority;165,Oxford;70,Orkney Islands;80,Gloucester City
Council;90,Teignbridge Council;19,North Yorkshire County
Council;330,Slough Borough Council;80,Cheshire West and
Chester;140,Castle Point Borough Council;16,Humberside
Police;139,Nottinghamshire Police Authority;100,Wolverhampton
Council;246,Watford Council;23,Strathclyde Police;800,Central
Scotland Police;374,Renfrewshire Council;500,Gwent
Police;350,Grampian Police;250,Lothian & Borders
Police;80,Inverclyde Council;78,Dundee City Council;160,Moray
Council;70,London Borough of Sutton;400,North
Hertfordshire;18,Warrington;70,South Lanarkshire;400,Edinburgh City
Council;1,200,Avon & Somerset Police Authority;240, and Stroud
District Council;45. In addition there have been some changes to
the number of redundancies already announced in councils previously
listed. The figures do not include the thousands of public
sector jobs planned to be transferred to the private sector.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, said "The government
is deliberately creating unemployment on a scale that we have not
seen before. The government spending plans not only threatens these
162,718 council posts in 290 councils and job losses in the rest of
the public sector but there are additional job losses in the
voluntary "Big Society" sector funded by public sector grants and
in the outsourced private sector.
Many of the post holders have already taken voluntary
redundancy and frozen posts have not been filled which is why
unemployment will carry on rising.
Frontline services for the most vulnerable people in our
society are being affected by cuts of this scale. 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.
The private sector is not going to create enough new
jobs to make up for these public sector job losses. The private
sector knows that people in work have less real purchasing power
because of the hike in VAT, high fuel and other prices as pay is
not keeping up with inflation. Pay freezes in the public sector and
the threatened increase in pension contributions for public sector
workers will make matters worse.
The coalition government is taking an almighty gamble
will the economy. 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 14th February 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
|
|
|
Northumbria Police Authority
|
614
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Durham Police Authority
|
196
|
|
|
Cleveland Combined Fire Authority
|
180
|
|
|
Tyne and Wear Fire & CD Authority
|
170
|
|
|
Hartlepool Council
|
150
|
|
|
Northumberland National Park Authority
|
18
|
|
|
North East total
|
9,488
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
|
South Yorkshire Police
|
381
|
|
|
North Yorkshire County Council
|
330
|
|
|
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 & The Humber total
|
21,233
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
23
|
|
|
Rutland
|
22
|
|
|
Harborough
|
21
|
|
|
Oadby and Wigston
|
17
|
|
|
Melton
|
15
|
|
|
East Midlandstotal
|
11,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Walsall Borough Council
|
421
|
|
|
West Mercia Police Authority
|
287
|
|
|
Wolverhampton Council
|
246
|
|
|
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 Midlandstotal
|
21,504
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
|
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 total
|
15,390
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
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
|
50
|
|
|
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
|
13,596
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 Police Authority
|
350
|
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
300
|
|
|
Gloucestershire Police Authority
|
282
|
|
|
Wiltshire
|
250
|
|
|
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 total
|
11,802
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wales
|
South Wales Police Authority
|
688
|
|
|
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
|
2,446
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
150
|
|
|
East Dunbartonshire Council
|
150
|
|
|
Lothian & Borders Police
|
80
|
|
|
Inverclyde Council
|
78
|
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
80
|
|
|
Moray Council
|
70
|
|
|
Fife Constabulary
|
42
|
|
|
Scotland total
|
15,362
|