Eric Pickles is "delighted" by budget cuts in Birmingham; we tally up the impact
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has told the House of Commons he is "delighted" that Birmingham is facing an 8.3% cut to its budget.
Under the circumstances, we thought it appropriate to dig into our website's archives to measure the impact of budget cuts in Birmingham so far.
- £300 million cut to the City Council budget
- loss of 7,116 full time jobs, totalling 37% of Birmingham Council work force
- loss of 3,000 part-time Council jobs
- Approximately 2200 police officers and staff to lose their jobs
- 630 West Midlands police officers forced into early retirement
- 17% cut to arts organisations with 11 groups losing their funding completely
- Birmingham universities to lose approximately £100 million in funding
- closure of some Connexions offices, 120 redundancies still on the table
- funded care for only the most disabled adults
- funded care for only children with complex needs
- £5.3 million cut to library, sports and community services
- 498 jobs expected to be lost at NHS West Midlands
- 326 jobs lost at Advantage West Midlands
- 206 jobs lost at General Teaching Council
- 180 jobs lost at Government Office for the West Midlands
- 123 jobs lost at Museums Libraries and Archives Council
- 47 jobs lost at Business Link West Midlands
This is a comprehensive list of cuts. Not all of them stem from the 8.3 % reduction in City Council's budget.
To read the full story on the remarks by Eric Pickles, check out the Birmingham Post website.
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