Bristol City Council has filed a Section 188 Notice with trade unions over its proposal to lose up to 800 full-time posts, affecting up to 1,000 individuals, as part of the council’s efforts to resolve a £90m funding gap over the next three years, a news report in the local media has revealed.

 

Bristol City Council blamed this decision on the shortfall on anticipated real-term government funding cuts of approximately 25 per cent. Furthermore, it revealed it intends to offer staff voluntary severance and an optional reduction in hours where possible but added ‘it is still likely that some compulsory redundancies will have to be made’.

 

Additionally, the Council’s representatives also said that it had saved £300,000 by restructuring the top two tiers of management, and would now focus on rationalising the third tier.

 

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