Not sure if this is the sort of league table that County Hall will want to publicise, but the Local Government Association has just published data showing that Cornwall Council ranks 4th in the list of authorities which has shed workers - 2,295 (15.2%) in 2010/11. Only Kent, Manchester and Norfolk got rid of more staff.
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Comment number 1.
At 11th Oct 2011, Saltashgaz wrote:Graham do you have a list of how many agency staff and contractors have been hired whilst these job loses go through?
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Comment number 2.
At 11th Oct 2011, backofanenvelope wrote:Has anybody noticed any difference in the services they enjoy from the County Council?
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Comment number 3.
At 11th Oct 2011, 28daysearlier wrote:Graham,
I'm by no means an apologist for this mob but surely the fact that they moved far faster in applying their cuts and frontloaded them, suggest that they would have reduced staff numbers faster than other councils? I would have expected this based on that information. I would expect others to maybe overhaul Cornwall in the medium term....
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Comment number 4.
At 11th Oct 2011, Saltashgaz wrote:/news/uk-england-cornwall-12322594
Agency staff cost Cornwall Council £750,000 a month
and here is the joke
The employment of agency staff is strictly controlled
Cash-strapped Cornwall Council spent nearly £6 million in two months paying consultants and agency staff, new figures have revealed.
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