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| Aberdeen City Council has been told it needs to make significant redundancies if it is to meet its target for budget cuts, BBC Scotland can reveal. | Aberdeen City Council has been told it needs to make significant redundancies if it is to meet its target for budget cuts, BBC Scotland can reveal. |
| A report from the experts brought in to advise the council on its finances said job losses may be "unavoidable". | A report from the experts brought in to advise the council on its finances said job losses may be "unavoidable". |
| Tommy Campbell, of the T&G Unite union, claimed it could mean as many as 1,000 workers losing their jobs. | Tommy Campbell, of the T&G Unite union, claimed it could mean as many as 1,000 workers losing their jobs. |
| Aberdeen City Council, trying to save £27m, said no figure had been put on the number of posts affected. | |
| The authority, run by a Liberal Democrat-SNP coalition, needs to make the savings to balance its books. | |
| Senior managers have been told to raise the prospect of job losses with staff as soon as possible. | Senior managers have been told to raise the prospect of job losses with staff as soon as possible. |
| The expert group said the reduction in headcount would have to be significant, but no exact figure for redundancies has emerged. | The expert group said the reduction in headcount would have to be significant, but no exact figure for redundancies has emerged. |
| Labour called on the administration to reveal possible job loss numbers and say whether there would be compulsory redundancies. | Labour called on the administration to reveal possible job loss numbers and say whether there would be compulsory redundancies. |
| 'Coming months' | |
| Gordon Graham, who speaks for Labour on human resources, said: "This news will come as a big shock to our staff." | Gordon Graham, who speaks for Labour on human resources, said: "This news will come as a big shock to our staff." |
| Aberdeen City Council deputy leader Kevin Stewart said: "The city council has been stating its policy publicly for more than a year that we need to move towards having a smaller, better paid and better motivated workforce. | |
| "Most Scottish local authorities are putting out a similar message. | |
| "The External Support Group of chief executives from other councils, who are currently advising the council, agree that that is the way to go." | |
| He added: "No figure has been put on the number of posts which will be shed and no particular sections of the workforce have been identified for job losses. | |
| "This is something which the city council will be working through with the trade unions over the coming months." | |
| A report from the Accounts Commission earlier this year said the council faced "extremely serious" challenges. | A report from the Accounts Commission earlier this year said the council faced "extremely serious" challenges. |