Unions have launched a furious attack on the Government after more council cuts were unveiled.
The Library of Birmingham and a plethora of leisure services are among those to be scaled back to trim tens of millions of pounds off Birmingham City Council’s budget.
Unison said just days before Christmas our members and their families are being left in the situation of not knowing if they will have a job next year, while some Conservative-led authorities are not seeing such strident cuts.
And the union blames the Government, saying it is clear that the city council is being left with “little option but to make drastic savings” in order to balance the books.
Ravi Subramanian, Unison West Midlands regional secretary, said: “UNISON are clear that these job losses are as a direct result of this Tory-led government.
“They are targeting councils in the North and the Midlands with massive cuts to government grants. Government cuts means Birmingham has a cut in spending power of over £145 per dwelling, whilst in the Tory run Buckinghamshire, Windsor, Hampshire and Wokingham they actually have an increase in spending power. How can that be fair?
“With Christmas around the corner and just days after the autumn statement this festive gift from the government to Birmingham and our members lays out their priorities clearly, give money to the millionaires not the millions.”
