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20/02/2014
Leicestershire Co Council Announce 700 Job Cuts
Leicestershire County Council has announced that a further 700 jobs are the be cut from their workforce as part of a plan to save some £110m.
It follows 600 redundancies made by the county council in the past three years.
A vote of 28 for and 22 against saw the council approve a series of cuts including:
• Children and young people's service: £12.6m, including "efficiency savings" and cuts to social care placements
• Adults and communities: £22.7m including £1.9m from museums and libraries
• Snibston Museum to lose £250,000 of funding, a third of its income
• Environment and transport: £18.7m, mostly from "efficiency" plus cuts to street lighting and roads maintenance
• Other savings include cuts to voluntary groups and maintenance of country parks
A proposed 1.5% council tax increase has been dropped as the council has agreed to take a £2.4m grant from the government.
Saying the council was going through "exceedingly tough times", council leader Nick Rushton said that they had done the best that they can, seeking to protect frontline services.
(MH/CD)
It follows 600 redundancies made by the county council in the past three years.
A vote of 28 for and 22 against saw the council approve a series of cuts including:
• Children and young people's service: £12.6m, including "efficiency savings" and cuts to social care placements
• Adults and communities: £22.7m including £1.9m from museums and libraries
• Snibston Museum to lose £250,000 of funding, a third of its income
• Environment and transport: £18.7m, mostly from "efficiency" plus cuts to street lighting and roads maintenance
• Other savings include cuts to voluntary groups and maintenance of country parks
A proposed 1.5% council tax increase has been dropped as the council has agreed to take a £2.4m grant from the government.
Saying the council was going through "exceedingly tough times", council leader Nick Rushton said that they had done the best that they can, seeking to protect frontline services.
(MH/CD)
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