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10/02/2015
Birmingham Council Considers Job Cuts In Money Saving Drive
Birmingham City Council has voted to reduce the opening hours of the city's new £189 million library by almost half.
Opening hours of the library, which opened in September 2013, are to be cut from 73 to 40 as part of a drive to save money.
It was also proposed that the library's 188 staff be cut by 100, but the council has yet to take a decision on that proposal.
The Labour-led council has said that it needs to save £113m from its 2015/16 budget.
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Opening hours of the library, which opened in September 2013, are to be cut from 73 to 40 as part of a drive to save money.
It was also proposed that the library's 188 staff be cut by 100, but the council has yet to take a decision on that proposal.
The Labour-led council has said that it needs to save £113m from its 2015/16 budget.
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