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16/09/2014
Birmingham City Council To Cut Thousands More Jobs
Birmingham City Council has announced that it will cut a further 6,000 over the next four years.
The council say that by the end of the job cuts the total workforce at the council will be reduced to 7,000 full-time staff.
Council leader Sir Albert Bore has blamed the job cuts on an "unfair distribution of national government cuts", according to a report by the BBC.
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The council say that by the end of the job cuts the total workforce at the council will be reduced to 7,000 full-time staff.
Council leader Sir Albert Bore has blamed the job cuts on an "unfair distribution of national government cuts", according to a report by the BBC.
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