Up to 2,000 jobs going at Birmingham City Council

Up to 2,000 jobs could go from Birmingham City Council during the next financial year.

The council, the largest local authority in the UK, said it had to make savings of up to £69m by April 2011.

The cuts are based on an assumption that unions will agree to a pay freeze, with the council saying there could be more jobs to go if not.

Reports have been circulating for some time about job losses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8508023.stm

Shape of things to come I guess regardless of who's in power. There has howver been the oddity that the public sector has continued to recruit throughout the recession whereas the private sector has stood still or even experienced a net reduction. There is also the oddity that in 2009 public sector wages rose by c. 2.8% where the private sector only increased by 0.8% - heard that on the radio a few weeks back.