Press Association | The Guardian | 24 January 2011:
The number of job losses threatened at local authorities because of Government spending cuts has topped the 140,000 mark, according to a study.
The GMB union said 203 councils had now issued official warnings of redundancies after having their budgets slashed by central Government.
The Local Government Association warned last year that 140,000 jobs could be lost, but the GMB said this figure had already been passed.
Paul Kenny, GMB general secretary, said: "As a direct consequence of the Government spending plans, the cumulative number of job losses is 140,456 for 203 authorities in Britain. To that total has to be added the job losses in the rest of the public sector.
"Any suggestion that frontline services for the most vulnerable people in our society are not being affected by cuts of this scale is simply nonsense.The impact for those who depend on these services will be devastating. Some services like meals on wheels in some authorities are now only available to those at death's door.
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Council job cuts ‘top 140,000′ | Philip Brennan
