Video statement from the leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore regarding the financial situation facing the council and the implications for staff and services. During a full council meeting at Birmingham Council House earlier today (16/09), Sir Albert Bore, said: “Colleagues, there is a ticking time bomb under this City Council. 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. Firstly, the cuts will mean a continuing reduction in employee numbers. Already our workforce has declined from just over 20,000 full time equivalents to around 13,000. By 2018 we estimate that numbers will have to fall to around 7,000. Our core workforce could be even smaller than that, because some of that 7,000 will be employed by arms-length organisations. This means we will be operating with a workforce less than one third the size of that in 2010 and one half of what it is today – the equivalent of taking out twice the workforce that lost their jobs at Longbridge in 2005.”
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:07:52 +0000
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