1,500 jobs need to go at city council, says Labour group leader
1,500 jobs need to go at city council, says Labour group leader
THE leader of the Labour group in Southampton has revealed that up to 1,500 jobs would need to be axed to balance the council books.
Council ’should use its reserves to save jobs’
HAMPSHIRE County Council has increased its reserves by 48million while cutting frontline services and jobs.
Council directors won 239k golden goodbyes
Three directors whose jobs were scrapped at Wolverhampton City Council received golden goodbyes totalling more than 239,000.
Council fined 2m for bed blocking at hospitals
Herts County Council has been fined almost 2m for holding up hospital beds needed for patients.
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