| 01/03/2010 |
One in ten council employees 'could be selected for redundancy' |
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| As many as one in ten local council workers could be selected for redundancy in the next five years as part of government plans to cut spending. This is the discovery of a new survey carried out by the BBC, which found that services such as libraries and nurseries could face what communities secretary John Denham has described as "necessary efficiency savings" in the wake of the recession. Some 25,000 out of 256,000 jobs could be under threat from the cutbacks. Unison spokesperson Dave Prentis criticised the news, saying that employees should not have to pay the price for the banking bailout last year. Earlier this month, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development stated that one in four employers across all sectors will make redundancies during the first quarter of 2010, cutting an average of 6.2 per cent of their staff in a bid to save money lost during the economic downturn.  |
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