Liverpool Council cannot confirm the amount of jobs that could be lost as a result of its cost-cutting process “until the detailed work is done.”
Amid a £73m budget shortfall, Mayor Joanne Anderson warned in November that cuts to services and job losses would be "inevitable" as the local authority faces up to “horrific” budget options for next year. A document outlining how best the city may make significant savings was published almost three months ago and Mayor Anderson said officials would try to “ensure the smallest amount of job losses".
Addressing the issue during this evening’s joint mayoral and performance and finance and resource select committee, Jacqui McKinlay, the authority’s chief operating officer said a consultation had been launched with staff around possible cuts to jobs but it was “difficult to give an overall figure until the detailed work is done.”
