Latest editorial
Birmingham axes 1,000 jobs and cuts back library hours
One of Britain’s biggest local authorities announced it is to slash yet more jobs and services yesterday as Westminster cuts bite ever deeper.
Birmingham City Council is to axe more than 1,000 jobs and reduce opening hours at its flagship £189 million library.
General union GMB said the new cuts threatened “drastic reductions to essential services.”
Similar stories
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
