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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 are to be axed by 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 would not be affected was the children's services department. | |
| The council said its latest budget proposals were part of efforts 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. |
| 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. |
| 'Worse than feared' | |
| 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. | 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." | "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. | 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. |
| When announcing cuts to the council's budget last year, Sir Albert spoke of staring into the "jaws of doom". At Monday's meeting, he said "the jaws of doom have widened" and confirmed he was "very close to decommissioning services". | |
| He pledged to protect front-line services, highlighting an extra £10m for children's safeguarding services, but could not rule out further job losses across the council, in the future. |