Chief in job losses alert; COUNCIL: Row as compulsory redundancies loom.Byline: Catherine Lillington CITY council chief executive Stephen Hughes Stephen Hughes is the name of:
His warning comes despite an earlier pledge that no-one would be sacked to save money. He said: "In the main those will be managed through natural wastage natural wastage Noun Chiefly Brit a reduction in the number of employees through not replacing those who leave, rather than by dismissing employees or making them redundant natural wastage n (INDUSTRY and redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. of one form or another, but there is a potential need to make some redundancies. "Hopefully, we will manage those without any compulsory redundancies but it can't be ruled out." Meanwhile, city Labour leader Albert Bore said he was "staggered" to hear Mike Whitby Mike Whitby is a Conservative Party politician and current leader of Birmingham City Council, a post he has held since June 2004. He is one of three Conservative councillors representing the Harborne ward in the west of the city. announce in a television interview 800 jobs would go at the city council. He said staff were already "reeling reel·ing n. Maine Sustained noise, as from hammering: "Hark that reeling, now, you'll wake the baby!" Anonymous. " from the pay and grading review before the council leader confirmed the cuts to help plug a pounds 2.2 billion black hole in the city's finances. Sir Albert accused city bosses of handling their financial affairs in a non-transparent way and "running away" with themselves only to wrongly excuse the large capital debt with our size. Sir Albert said: "There's no transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. whatsoever in theway inwhich the city council is dealing with budget matters. "The last information before cabinet in terms of monitoring the budget is for the four monthsupto July. In that report we are showing a pounds 42 million budget overspend o·ver·spend v. o·ver·spent , o·ver·spend·ing, o·ver·spends v.intr. To spend more than is prudent or necessary. v.tr. 1. which they trimmed back to pounds 26 million by using some corporate resources. "There are supposed to be regular monitoring reports on the revenue and capital budget position of the city council. "I have been expressing concern for months now on the level of revenue support that's needed to service the capital debt. The projections are that 20 per cent of the council tax will be needed by 2012. "This council is running away with itself. I'm horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. that the leader of this council should choose a TV interview to announce potentially 800 redundancies at the city council." The staff are reeling at the moment on the pay and grading review deal. "The council still has not dealt with appeals from hundreds, if not thousands of staff, likely to be losing thousands of pounds. "We are going to see compulsory redundancies coming in and that is not a situation I would wish to see this council move towards." CAPTION(S): Staggered: Albert Bore. |
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