Third of council staff cut in last decade, says union
Councils have cut 600,000 jobs since 2012, a union has revealed. Local authorities in England and Wales employed 1,894,700 workers 13 years ago, but that number had fallen to 1,295,300 by last year, according to the GMB. Birmingham was the worst-hit council, losing almost 27,000 workers, followed by Derbyshire and Staffordshire, according to the st...
2025-04-22T06:37:17Z