West Yorkshire councils predict 5,000 job cuts
Posted By admin on March 2, 2010
About 5,000 jobs of the Council for West Yorkshire could be reduced
over the next three to five years, according to a BBC poll showed.
The reductions are as a community with local authorities, revealed a
significant predictor of plans to cut costs.
Kirklees Council said 1,500 jobs could go, wait for Leeds Council has
more than 1,400 jobs ax Council and Bradford cut 1,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, said Wakefield and Calderdale councils, everyone expects to
reduce its workforce by about 400.
Job losses are expected Kirklees and Leeds were the highest among the
English, the boards cuts Facing The investigation of BBC News meets.
CFO Kirklees Council Adrian Lythgoe said the authority is trying to
find ways to mitigate the impact of job losses.
One of the things we see that the different levels is the loss of jobs,
what is the impact on the local economy, he said.
We will see how the work should be avoided, as I hope we can get out of
the recession, with everyone else. Kirklees Council said, until there
is a 15-20% reduction in expenditure in real terms over the next three
to five years.
All services are more likely to be packed with more protection for
social care, he said.
Expenditure Leeds City Council is expected to decline by 5-10% in real
terms over the same period.
The Council said it looked new ways of cooperation, better use of
technology and increasing fees and charges for services such as
funerals.
He said that the areas most vulnerable to cuts in spending on social
services for children, entertainment and art would be.
Bradford Council expects a 20-25% reduction in costs and trying to save
10 million by 2015 with an exchange of services with neighboring
communities to encourage better use of public buildings and markets
expertise.
He said that adult social services, environment, economic development,
libraries, recreation and the arts, the weight of the piece will be.
In Wakefield Council should reduce costs by 10-15% for environmental
services, planning, libraries, recreation, arts and volunteer
organizations now.
Calderdale Council hopes that the reduction of 15-20% of the cost of
air on the actual reduction in salary levels of management and freeze
together back office functions.
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