Lambeth Council cuts

Public service trade union, UNISON, has condemned threats to 600 jobs and vital public services in the London Borough of Lambeth.“These 600 job losses over the coming year – one in six of the Council workforce – come on top of hundreds of job losses already made and in the pipeline,” said UNISON Branch Secretary, Jon Rogers.“UNISON will resist these cuts, because they do not just hit our members’ jobs but also vital local services.”UNISON predicts that services at risk of cuts and closures when the Council publishes its proposals will include Adventure Playgrounds and Youth Centres, with significant job cuts being proposed in Children’s Social Care. The Union also understands that the Council is planning to end the School Crossing Patrol Service with the loss of all the jobs and to dismiss all the Park Rangers.“These cuts hit services which are vital to our young people who are the future of the borough,” said Mr Rogers. “The Coalition Government in Westminster have a lot to answer for in imposing these massive cuts on the people of Lambeth.”UNISON is calling upon Lambeth’s Labour Council not to make these cuts, and is urging local people to support a lobby of Lambeth’s Cabinet meeting on Monday 7 February. --Posted By Blogger to Lambeth UNISON News on 1/18/2011 04:24:00 PM