Liverpool council workers were today being told that 1,500 of them will be made redundant. Between 300 and 500 jobs will also be lost in the voluntary sector over the next two years as the council axes funding to charities.
The council’s 9,000-strong workforce arrived at work today to find a three-page message from council leader Joe Anderson warning one in six jobs are at risk. The council has to cut £91m from an available budget of £400m and said compulsory redundancies are inevitable.
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By David Bartlett, Liverpool Echo, 27 January 2011.