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| Birmingham City Council confirms 6,000 jobs to go | Birmingham City Council confirms 6,000 jobs to go |
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| A further 6,000 jobs will be cut at Birmingham City Council in the next four years, the authority's leader has said, making the workforce about a third of the size it was in 2010. | A further 6,000 jobs will be cut at Birmingham City Council in the next four years, the authority's leader has said, making the workforce about a third of the size it was in 2010. |
| Sir Albert Bore said forecasts suggested there would be just 7,000 full-time staff by 2018. | Sir Albert Bore said forecasts suggested there would be just 7,000 full-time staff by 2018. |
| He said the cuts equated to double the number of workers who lost jobs at the Longbridge car plant in 2005. | He said the cuts equated to double the number of workers who lost jobs at the Longbridge car plant in 2005. |
| He blamed an "unfair distribution" of national government cuts. | He blamed an "unfair distribution" of national government cuts. |
| 'Catastrophic consequences' | 'Catastrophic consequences' |
| "Colleagues, there is a ticking time bomb under this city council," he said. | "Colleagues, there is a ticking time bomb under this city council," he said. |
| "Over many years we have not given enough attention to how we manage staff reductions and plan the workforce we will need in the future. | "Over many years we have not given enough attention to how we manage staff reductions and plan the workforce we will need in the future. |
| "If we don't act now then the consequences will be catastrophic for the future functioning of this organisation." | "If we don't act now then the consequences will be catastrophic for the future functioning of this organisation." |
| Sir Albert said whole services would have to be discontinued but said a decision on which services would go had not yet been made. | Sir Albert said whole services would have to be discontinued but said a decision on which services would go had not yet been made. |
| "Clearly we cannot continue with anything like the range of activities we have delivered in the past," he said. | "Clearly we cannot continue with anything like the range of activities we have delivered in the past," he said. |
| 'Toughest ever years' | |
| The Labour-led council has so far saved £460m of its £822m target by 2018. The leader said there were currently 13,000 workers at the council - not including school staff - compared with 20,000 in 2010/11. He said the figure was likely to drop to 7,000 by 2018. | |
| He admitted it was likely most of the cuts would have to be made through compulsorily redundancies. | He admitted it was likely most of the cuts would have to be made through compulsorily redundancies. |
| Sir Albert said they had launched an action plan to support council workers and help them gain new skills and redeployment elsewhere. | Sir Albert said they had launched an action plan to support council workers and help them gain new skills and redeployment elsewhere. |
| "The years ahead will be some of the toughest this city council has ever experienced but by working together as a council and a city we will get through it," he said. | |
| He denied the authority had been overstaffed previously. | |
| He said there would be asset disposals but stressed there were no plans to sell off Birmingham Airport shares or the city's museum and art gallery. |