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| Union says '1,000 tax jobs to go' | Union says '1,000 tax jobs to go' |
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| HM Revenue and Customs plan to cut 1,000 jobs in Wales by 2010, a union has warned. | HM Revenue and Customs plan to cut 1,000 jobs in Wales by 2010, a union has warned. |
| The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said the losses would be in addition to 6,000 public sector jobs in Wales already under threat. | The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said the losses would be in addition to 6,000 public sector jobs in Wales already under threat. |
| A spokesman for Revenue and Customs had said that reinvestment and reorganisation would result in a "smaller workforce". | A spokesman for Revenue and Customs had said that reinvestment and reorganisation would result in a "smaller workforce". |
| The PCS union is meeting next week to discuss strike action. | The PCS union is meeting next week to discuss strike action. |
| Communications Director of Revenue and Customs Chris Hopson said the service was announcing an investment of £500m per year for next four years. | Communications Director of Revenue and Customs Chris Hopson said the service was announcing an investment of £500m per year for next four years. |
| "There will be an impact on our staff," he said. | "There will be an impact on our staff," he said. |
| "You can't make that kind of investment without running an efficient and effective organisation. | "You can't make that kind of investment without running an efficient and effective organisation. |
| "So yes, we will have a smaller workforce and we will have a smaller network of offices, but the reason we're doing it is because we want to improve the service to our customers." | "So yes, we will have a smaller workforce and we will have a smaller network of offices, but the reason we're doing it is because we want to improve the service to our customers." |
| Mark Serwotka, general secretary of PCS, described the comments as "nonsense" and the proposals as "a political target set by the Chancellor to cut 100,000 jobs in the civil services". | |
| 'Devastating' | |
| The union predicts up to 200 HM Revenue and Customs offices would close across Britain, with many of those in Wales in economically deprived areas. | |
| Mr Serwotka said the claim of 1,000 job losses in Wales was a "conservative estimate" based on the current number of staff, the offices likely to be closed and figures given by HMRC management to staff. | |
| He said: "It would be devastating for the valleys and parts of north and west Wales in terms of public sector employment. | |
| "But also people who at the moment take for granted that they can go and see a trained civil servant face-to-face, will now find that the public service had gone." |