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| Birmingham City Council to axe 1,000 more jobs | Birmingham City Council to axe 1,000 more jobs |
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| A further 1,000 jobs will have to go at Birmingham City Council because of budget cuts, its leader has said. | A further 1,000 jobs will have to go at Birmingham City Council because of budget cuts, its leader has said. |
| Sir Albert Bore, the leader of the Labour-run council, said the only area that will not be affected is the children's services department. | Sir Albert Bore, the leader of the Labour-run council, said the only area that will not be affected is the children's services department. |
| The council is putting forward its latest budget proposals and says it has to save £840m by 2017. | The council is putting forward its latest budget proposals and says it has to save £840m by 2017. |
| About 850 jobs have gone, or are in the process of going, since the last budget was approved, a spokeswoman said. | About 850 jobs have gone, or are in the process of going, since the last budget was approved, a spokeswoman said. |
| 'Worse than feared' | |
| The government recently withdrew a plan to give the children's services department an Ofsted review. | The government recently withdrew a plan to give the children's services department an Ofsted review. |
| Instead a taskforce will be sent in to look at the city's plans for improvement. | Instead a taskforce will be sent in to look at the city's plans for improvement. |
| The department is the biggest of its kind in England and has been rated as "inadequate" for four years. | The department is the biggest of its kind in England and has been rated as "inadequate" for four years. |
| Outlining the authority's budget proposals, Sir Albert said: "The overall position has deteriorated from that which we expected when we set this year's budget in February 2013, largely because of a series of government announcements about further funding reductions. | |
| "It is also worse than we feared in the summer." | |
| He said the council had previously expected to have to save £615m by 2015-17, but that figure had grown to £840m by 2017-18. |