“Every effort will be made” to protect jobs at Liverpool Council amid tens of millions of pounds being needed to plug its budget blackhole.
Members of the city council’s finance and resources and mayoral and performance select committees sat in a joint session this evening to discuss the proposals that have been put forward amid a funding gap of £73m for the next financial year. Last week, Mayor Joanne Anderson said service cuts were “inevitable” while jobs could be under threat.
Cllr Barry Kushner, chair of the finance and resources committee, said there had been “worry and concern” over potential compulsory redundancies for authority staff since budget papers were published. In response, cabinet member, Cllr Frazer Lake, said the council has a legislative duty to mitigate redundancies and "the political will is there” to protect jobs.
