Aberdeen: Council could shed up to 600 jobs
The BBC reports that up to 600 jobs could be shed at Aberdeen City Council.
The local authority needs to trim 5% off its budget in the next financial year, a total saving of £16.9m.A 90-day consultation is under way with the trade unions “on ways of minimising the impact of job cuts”. It was not immediately clear which posts would be lost. The council said it was a difficult economic climate. The council has a workforce of about 11,000.
This number of jobs lost in Aberdeen would obviously have a bad affect on the economy of the North-East. With the downturn in the Oil Business as well at the moment this could not come at worse moment.
Despite the huge impact this could have at the moment the main issue for Labour and SNP seems to be who is to blame. Sort it out and do the best you can given the state of the economy is my advice.
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