Redundancy offer to help shed 2,000

AROUND 2,000 jobs are at risk at Manchester City Council, it has been announced.

The authority said it had been badly hit by Government cuts and needed to reduce costs by 8.9 per cent this year.

Officials are expected to unveil a new severance package to encourage workers to take voluntary redundancy.

The council said it would need to see its workforce reduce quickly and by about 2,000 staff – around 17 per cent of the workforce.

Sir Richard Leese, leader of the Labour-controlled authority, said: "The unfairness of the Government's financial grant settlement for Manchester has been widely reported.

"We now have to find �110 million in savings next year, �60 million more than expected."

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