4,137 staff leave Plymouth City Council since 2010
THE number of staff employed by Plymouth City Council has fallen by a third since the 2010 General Election, new figures show.
There are 4,137 fewer council employees than there were in April 2010, just before the coalition Government took power, according to an analysis of official figures by the GMB union.
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4,137 staff leave Plymouth City Council since 2010
The number is equivalent to a fall of 32.7per cent.
A council spokeswoman said the main factor was that 13 schools have gained academy status and their employees are no longer classed as council staff.
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"Other reasons for the decrease include natural turnover, some staff transferring to other organisations and new ways of working," she said.
"Due to the Government's spending review we have needed to make significant budget savings.
"In 2011 we announced we were reducing our workforce by 500 posts over three years.
"Streamlining our terms and conditions, not filling empty posts and restructuring departments have all contributed.
"We have minimised compulsory redundancies where ever possible through a voluntary release scheme and redeployment."
The fall in the number of employees in Cornwall Council is the highest for a local authority in the South West. Between the first quarter of 2010 and the third quarter of 2012 the fall in the number of employees in the council is 9,838, or 39.4per cent.
Next is Devon, where the number of employees is down by 8,542.
The South West has seen the biggest change in the country, with 24.6per cent of council staff losing their jobs or coming under the control of other agencies.
London, at 10.6per cent, has the lowest proportion in England.
A Cornwall Council spokeswoman said: "There have not been 9,838 job losses in since the General Election.
"In the first year of the new council, 2009, there were around 260 redundancies.
"There have been a further 600 non-schools redundancies from 2010 onwards. This means there have been around 850 non-schools redundancies since the creation of the new council. Approximately a third of these have been compulsory."
She said that about 3,000 people had transferred from the council with the creation of arms-length companies such as Cormac Solutions Ltd.
About 50 schools have converted to academy status and their employees no longer work for the council, accounting for a significant part in the reduction.
The rest of the reduction comes from natural wastage.
Devon County Council leader John Hart said: "Every time the GMB issues this press release we have to say these are not generally jobs lost to the economy.
"A large proportion of the reduction is due to a combination of structural reform which has led to staff being transferred to external agencies, such as Babcock Education, and the impact of schools transferring to academy status.
"Natural wastage and our jobs freeze – under which only front-line vacancies were filled – has resulted in the council reducing its workforce by more than 2,700 posts without having to make large-scale redundancies."
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Saturday, March 16 2013, 10:13PM
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by nickthompson
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 6:41PM
“"A former High Court judge has dismissed an appeal by shadow defence secretary
Liam Fox against a finding that he was overpaid more than £22,000 in parliamentary expenses for mortgage interest on his second home.
Dr Fox challenged the Legg Report's finding that he was overpaid by £22,476.03 after increasing the mortgage on his London flat from £120,000 to £300,000, using most of the capital to pay for a family home in his Woodspring constituency and to refurbish his second home.-----------------------------------So there we have it then,this would be thief coaching Dave, and Gideon on how to hurt the middle earner's the poor,not to mention our disabled, even more than they have already, I do hope those that voted for this parasite remember his utterings at the next General Election."”
by haunt
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:26PM
“its about time they shut up shop and closed PCC & let DCC take over, that would save a whole lot more money and provide a better service to the people of Plymouth”
by fiest1406
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 12:07PM
“Manipulating the figures again PCC. Most of these figures appertain to privatising services, transfer of staff to PCH,DWP (taking over housing benefit) and setting up social enterprises to transfer staff too therefore only about 300 people have been actually made redundant. Come on Herald about time we actually had a true accurate report regarding Plymouth City Council.”
by Waltersmith
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:39AM
“4137 happier people”
by haunt
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:12AM
“And still the council tax went up”
by nickthompson
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:30AM
“4,137 staff leave Plymouth City Council since 2010
So 4,137 people now claiming benifits instead of paying tax,must make a lot of sence to Dave,and Gideon.”