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14/11/2013
Blackpool Council To Cut 700 Jobs
Seven hundred jobs are to be cut by Blackpool Council in an effort to save £36 million, it has been announced.
According to reports the council has asked staff to consider various measure to help make the savings, including voluntary redundancy, five days of unpaid leave a year and a pay freeze.
It is understood that the council are considering cuts to children's centres, Hornby Road Residential House for disabled children and its Families In Need team. Alongside cuts to supported housing schemes including the Phoenix Centre - its residential service for people with mental health problems.
Staff at the council has been reduced by a quarter since 2010.
(MH/IT)
According to reports the council has asked staff to consider various measure to help make the savings, including voluntary redundancy, five days of unpaid leave a year and a pay freeze.
It is understood that the council are considering cuts to children's centres, Hornby Road Residential House for disabled children and its Families In Need team. Alongside cuts to supported housing schemes including the Phoenix Centre - its residential service for people with mental health problems.
Staff at the council has been reduced by a quarter since 2010.
(MH/IT)
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