List and Links of Tory Cuts

Coventry Sure Start Children’s Centres

Coventry Sure Start Children’s Centres are currently under review and the Council is proposing to cut all provision for under …

Dyson Gardens Day Nursery

Dyson Gardens Day Nursery in Alum Rock is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the …

Belgravia Day Nursery

Belgravia Day Nursery in Highgate is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the council …

New Spring Street Day Nursery

New Spring Street Day Nursery is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the council budget …

Millpool Gardens Day Nursery

Millpool Gardens Day Nursery in Kings Heath is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the …

Yatesburry Avenue Day Nursery

Yatesburry Avenue day nursery in Castle Vale was closed in May 2011.

The Chestnut Centre Day Nursery

The Chestnut Centre day nursery in Bordeseley Green is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services …

Teviot Tower Day Nursery

Teviot Tower Day Nursery in Aston is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the council …

Merrishaw Day Nursery

Merrishaw Day Nursery in West Heath is facing imminent closure as part of the review of council services following the council …

Airedale Hospital - two further wards

As well as ward 3 which closed in March, the Chief Exec has made a presentation which shows that a further two wards are to …

Devon County Council staff

Over 220 people to be made redundent in the Corporate Resources Department of the authority. These jobs cover IT, Human …

Early Years Consultant team, Devon

The Devon Early Years team provides advice and support to schools and settings in provision for the under fives. This includes …

NCB (National Children’s Bureau)

NCB have lost at least 90 staff due to voluntary and compulsory redundancies. Following a series of funding cuts the National …

Birmingham and Solihull Hospital Beds

MORE than 700 hospital beds are set to be slashed across Birmingham and Solihull in new cost-cutting plans to save millions by …

Essex County Council children homes

Essex County Council seeks to close down its children homes - Community Care - Wednesday 25 May 2011

Sure Start Children’s Centres - Hampshire

Hampshire County Council have taken £6m out of it’s Sure Start budget and are now deciding through a possibly illegal …

Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum

Braford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum raises awarness about occupational health and safety to its 700+ members who …

Increased charges for adult social care service, Kingston

Charges for non-residential adult social care services have been increased in Kingston - from April 2011 for new service users …

Adult social services, West Sussex

West Sussex County Council are cutting 40% from the adult social care budget, starting in April 2011. The cuts will be made …

Further Education Colleges in the North East

More than 800 posts to be axed at the region’s colleges Job losses: Bishop Auckland College - 95 South Tyneside College - …

Lewisham Library Service

Lewisham council voted to close 5 libraries out of 12 after a seven month consultation with a pre-determined decision.  These …

Further Education

100 jobs to go at City College Norwich May 2010

City College Norwich

87 jobs to be cut from City College Norwich. Proposals to reduce teaching time and create positions with less pay to do roles …

Connexions Bradford

Connexions Bradford (run by Prospects) has had it’s budget for 2011/12 cut by a further 10%, having already endured a 13% …

SPAN (Skills and Practical Activities Network), Nottingham

Closure of purpose-built centre, complete with horticulture, catering and computer skills and Admin training.

Greenroom

Greenroom is a fantastic arts centre that supports local experimental artists in a range of media mostly film and …

Kinloss Garth Youth Club

A youth club for young people with learning disabilities. Closed down as of 04/05/11.

Wovercote Young People’s Club

Funding has been completely removed for Youth Services in North Oxford.  WYPC has provided activities for kids for years …

Forensic Science Service

The entire of the government owned Forensic Science Service is being culled. The Forensic Science Service provide impartial …

Foundation Housing

Charitable organisation, which had provided support and housing to vulnerable families, single and young people for 25 years.

Buses

Buses are under threat from cuts to three different funding streams. Firstly local authorities are cutting funding for socially …

Cumbria Adult Education Service

All training and meetings for Adult Education tutors have been scrapped and no authorising of “non-essential” travel is …

Connexions, Stafford

The Connexions service, - formerly the Careers service - has now closed its doors. The Connexions office in Stafford was …

Gospel Oak CMHT

Community Mental Health Team. Carrying two vacant fte nursing posts, out of a full complement of six fte nursing posts.

NHS mental health day services in Staffordshire

On the South Staffordshire PCT website, there is an engagment document that outlines the intention for the commissioning board …

Marlene Reed Centre Community Resource Centre

Cut: £121,000 (27%) – includes debts and benefits advice: £21,000; carers support: £32,159; community hub: £68,000 MRC …

Woodland View and Birch Avenue

These 2 care homes for dementia patients are marked for closure

Summergrove

Summergrove is a housing project for families affected by substance misuse + often domestic violence. It is a safe haven for …

Summergrove housing project

Summergrove is a housing project for families recovering from substance misuse and often domestic violence. It is a safe haven …

Starbeck library

local community library to be closed

Weir Road Reuse & Recycling Centre

The London Borough of Merton’s Weir Road recycling site, which boasts a 98% recovery rate, is being closed from Tuesday 29 …

Amber Valley pest control charges

Amber Valley Borough Council is introducing fees for some types of household pest control, and increasing existing fees for …

Warrington Libraries

Two local libraries will close at the end of March 2011 and the mobile library service will stop.  The mobile service will be …

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

6 schools were to be rebuilt in the first phase. In 2009 Karen Adderley (Head of Corporate Support, Walsall Council) said …

Domestic Violence Integrated Response Project (DVIRP)

The funding for DVIRP is running out in July 2011 and due to cuts to council funding and charities grants from the government, …

Lake District National Park ecologist

One of the two Lake District National Park Ecologist posts has been cut leaving this environmentally sensitive area without …

Cumbria County wildlife sites officer

Based at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, the county wildlife sites officer maintained the database of Local Wildlife Sites (sites of …

Pathways programme at Bournemouth and Poole College

Charges are being introduced for a adult education course designed for people with severe learning difficulties. In the wake of …

Social policy research

Since the coalition came to power no new research contracts have been awarded nationally in all areas of social policy, putting …

road accident research

One of the governments first acts in its comprehensive spending review was to cancel agreed funding into road accident research …

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Plans to lose 660 jobs from a workforce of 4,000 by March 2012 by voluntary and compulsory redundancies. Many are clinical …

Liverpool Women’s Hospital Neonatal Unit

Nurses who care for premature and sick babies are facing pay cuts or redundancy.

Central Valuing People Now team

The Valuing People agenda/movement has played a significant role in driving change for people with learning disabilities …

Aimhigher

Aimhigher is a national initiative inspiring and motivating young people from areas of deprivation, under-represented groups …

South Wales Police

South Wales Police are in talks with staff and unions as the force is to cut up to 200 jobs over the next 18 months.

Lambeth garden waste collection

Lambeth Council is to stop its free collection of garden waste and start charging £25 a year for it, plus a fee to buy sacks.

Clyde Coastguard

Under current UK government proposals, Clyde Coastguard will close with the loss of more than 30 jobs. Aberdeen will be …

Samuel Pepys Special Needs School transport

Cambridgeshire County Council have sent a letter to parents of children attending Samuel Pepys Special Needs School in St Neots …

Disabled travel pass

From April 1st disabled travel passes on local trains will be invalid, currently those with a pass travel free

North East Lincs job cuts

At least 200 job cuts are be made in NE Lincs as parts of budget cuts.

Cheshire Constabulary

Cheshire Police are losing 750 staff, one-third of whom are officers. Tory cuts will affect frontline policing in our …

Final salary pension scheme

“Lecturers at two of the city’s universities are set to join in a nationwide strike which will affect more than 100000 …

Hertfordshire Action on Disability

Hertfordshire County Council have announced savage 100 percent cuts to Hertfordshire Action on Disability’s funding from …

Community Support Service

The cuts in funding to the Community Support Service following the removal of its ringfencing to its budget has led to cuts …

Archaeolink Prehistory Park

Archaeolink, the ‘Prehistoric Park’ in Aberdeenshire, recognised as an innovative venue for experimental archaeology, is set to …

Conflict and Change Mediation Service, Newham

Funding for the long-standing community mediation services of Conflict & Change in Newham has been severely cut by the local …

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is cutting 170 posts, including 92 firefighters.

West Yorkshire Fire Service

West Yorkshire Fire Service is suspending recruitment of full-time firefighters and cutting 150 support posts in 2011/12. The …

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service faces cuts of £23m over from 2011-15. Up to 200 firefighter posts are to go, as …

Bromley Council maintenance services

Bromley Council is reducing a number of budgets relating to maintenance work around the area: - reduced inspections and minor …

Bromley parks and open spaces

Bromley Council will close park toilets and reduce support for park Friends Groups under its 2011-13 budgets. The cut in …

Chislehurst & St Paul’s Cray Common Conservators

Bromley Council has voted to reduce its grant to the Chislehurst & St Paul’s Cray Common Conservators, also known as the …

Penge and Anerley libraries

Bromley Council plans to merge Penge and Anerley libraries, with one of the libraries closing. The council says the merged …

Bromley school crossing patrols

Bromley Council has voted to axe its school crossing patrols as part of its cuts for 2012/13.

Bromley playgrounds

Bromley Council is cutting back on playground repairs and equipment replacement. The council predicts this will lead to the …

Bromley park rangers

Bromley Council is reviewing its park ranger service, with fewer security patrols and reduced activities and presence from …

Bromley public toilets

Bromley Council is planning the phased closure of some of its public toilets, retaining provision in primary town centres.

South Devon Healthcare NHS staff

South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s forecasts a reduction of 81 full-time equivalent staff posts in 2010/11, achieved …

Royal United Hospital Bath

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust forecasts a staffing reduction of just under 88 full-time equivalent posts in 2010/11. The …

South Tees Hospitals staff

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forecasts a net staffing reduction of 119 full-time equivalent posts from …

Kingston Hospital

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has put forward plans to axe 486 jobs through natural turnover from 2011 to 2015. As part of its …

Elderly Persons Integrated Care Service (EPICS)

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is closing the Westway Centre (EPICS) as part of £15m of cuts in 2011/12. The day …

Calderdale Council staff

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is cutting 200 jobs.

Bromley public protection staff

Bromley Council plans to reduce staffing across its public protection and community safety portfolio. This will reduce work on …

Bromley subsidised pest control

Bromley Council has voted to axe subsidised pest control for residents on income benefit as part of its 2011-13 cuts package.

Bromley sheltered housing

Bromley Council plans to cut funding for sheltered housing, saving £500k in 2011/12 and £800k in 2012/13 from its £1.15m …

Bromley Supporting People funding

Bromley Council has voted to cut its reduce commissioning of Supporting People services, saving £300k in 2011/12 and £600k in …

Medway Council staff

Medway Council is making 157 staff redundant (in addition to 50 redundancies in 2010). This is part of a budget to save £23.5M …

Bromley adult social care charges

Bromley Council is consulting on the following increases to its adult care charges, driven both by funding cuts and personal …

Bromley in-house homecare service

Bromley Council is ending its in-house homecare service, with all homecare to be provided by the independent sector. Staff side …

Bromley private sector renewals grant

Bromley Council is cutting £350k from its private sector renewals grant, which will impact on the assistance available to help …

Bromley Connexions

Bromley Council plans to shut four of its ten permanent youth support centres as part of £1.2m of funding cuts to the …

Bromley Youth Music Trust

Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) is losing 10 percent of its local government funding from Bromley Council in 2012/13. The …

Bromley Children and Family Centres

Bromley Council has voted to massively cut back its Children and Family Centres as part of its 2011-13 cuts plan. The council …

Bromley school uniform grants

Bromley Council has voted to axe clothing grants for school pupils as part of its 2011-13 cuts plan. The grants were …

Newham University Hospital

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust is planning to reduce staffing levels by the equivalent of 82-90 full-time non-clinical …

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is forecasting a reduction of 560 full-time equivalent staff from 2011-15, with 140 …

Barts and The London NHS Trust

Barts and The London NHS Trust is consulting on a reduction of 635 full-time eqiuvalent staff - 8.6 percent of current staffing …

King’s College Hospital staff

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust cut 58 staff posts during 2010/11. The posts that have gone break down as …

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS staff

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust’s savings plan equates to a staffing reduction of 1,115 full-time equivalent posts …

Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a net staffing reduction of just over 680 full-time …

UK Border Agency

1,453 staff at the Home Office UK Border Agency in Croydon were told in a meeting on 1st March 2011 that 776 of their posts …

Trafford Council staff

A minimum of 300 council staff will be made redundant, with more redundancies to be announced at a later date.

Trafford Leisure Trust

The grant to Trafford Leisure Trust (the independent body funded by Trafford Council to operate recreational services) has been …

Trafford’s Adult Social Services Staff & Management

Trafford’s Adult Social Services budget has been cut by a £2.6 million in its February 2011 Budget. This cut will cause the …

Trafford Voluntary Sector Support

Trafford’s budget for supporting the voluntary sector has been cut by £100,000 in its February 2011 Budget.

Trafford’s Housing for Vulnerable People

Trafford’s budget for housing for vulnerable people has been cut by £450,000 in its February 2011 Budget.

Trafford Learning Difficulties Support

Trafford’s budget for supporting those with learning disabilities has been cut by £1.300 million in its February 2011 …

Trafford Mental Health Services

Trafford’s Mental Health budget has been cut by £393,000 in its February 2011 Budget.

Trafford Support for Older People

Trafford’s budget for Support for Older People faces a budget cut of £2.580 million. This is likely to reignite the Council’s …

Trafford Home to School Transport

Trafford’s budget for Home to School Transport faces a £300,000 cut.

Trafford Early Years & Children’s Centres

Trafford’s Early Years & Children’s Centres budget faces a cut of £689,000.

Trafford Education & Early Years

Trafford’s Education and Early Years budget faces a cut of £1.317 million.

Trafford Youth Offending Team

A cut of £370,000 in the Team’s budget.

Croydon University Hospital

Four wards are to be closed at Croydon University Hospital between 2011 and 2014, with 200 full-time staff posts to go across …

Roehampton University

The university will cut its staffing bill by 10 percent from 2011-13. These cuts include both academic and support staff.

Suffolk young people’s transport discount

Suffolk County Council voted on 17th February 2011 to axe its Explore Card transport discount scheme from 1st April 2011, as …

North Ayrshire schools

North Ayrshire Council is looking at ways to cut education costs that include raising the starting age to six, increasing class …

Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro

Staff reduction of 400 and savings of £27 million required in next financial year.  This despite assertions that the NHS is …

Whitby bus services

Arriva has confirmed that the following bus route contracts have been terminated due to North Yorkshire County Council removing …

Airedale General Hospital acute ward

Ward three at Airedale General Hospital, Steeton, which takes acute admissions, closed on 1st March 2011, with a loss of 16 …

Yorkshire Dales National Park

The Yorkshire Dales National Park is consulting on proposals following a reduction of £1.9million over the next four years. …

Colburn library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Boroughbridge library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Bilton library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Bentham library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Bedale library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Barlby library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

Ayton Library

The council needs to save around £2 million from its library budget over the next four years, with the greatest savings having …

HM Coastguard, Holyhead

The government is currently consulting on proposals to close ten of the country’s eighteen coastguard stations, including …

Ysgol y Bont Special School

Ysgol y Bont, Anglesey’s only school for children with special educational needs, is likely to make a teacher and two classroom …

North Lincolnshire council

February 17 - North Lincolnshire Council announced that 553 posts (338 FTE) will go over the next four years. This is on top of …

Harrogate Theatre

Harrogate Theatre will see its annual funding from from North Yorkshire County Council fall to £10,000. Harrogate Theatre …

Stephen Joseph Theatre

The theatre’s grant from North Yorkshire County Council has been slashed from from £63,000 in 2010/11 to £10,000 in 2011/12. …

North Yorkshire County Council

The authority’s workforce, currently totalling 24,000 people, will see about 500 jobs go. Children and young people’s services …

Coastguard Stations

Under the banner of modernisation and savings Coastguard stations throughout the UK are being threatened with closure. Apart …

Local Authorities in Wales

WALES’ councils are facing the toughest financial climate in years, experts have warned, as they prepare to cut more than a …

Wing Village Library

Wing Village Library serves a rural community. It is especially important for children and older people who cannot easily …

Lincolnshire Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Lincolnshire CAMHS is an NHS service providing mental health assessment, therapy and intervention to children, young people and …

Accrington and Rossendale College

Due to the withdrawal of government funding for adult education, the college is making job cuts of around 57 posts - 15 percent …

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to reduce its workforce by 899 posts by 2016/17 due to the merger …

County Durham and Darlington NHS staff

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust anticipates cutting 700 staff posts between 2011 and 2014. The Trust will …

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals staff

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust is reportedly cutting 250 posts during late 2010 and early 2011. The job losses are …

Sussex Community NHS staff

Sussex Community NHS Trust forecasts a staffing reduction equivalent to 431 full-time posts between 2010 and 2015 - an 11 …

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust plans to reduce staff numbers by the equivalent of 213 full-time posts between 2010 and 2015 …

Medway NHS staff

Medway NHS Foundation Trust made a net reduction of 99 staff posts in 2010/11, with 136 posts lost and 37 new posts …

Milton Keynes Hospital

Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a net reduction equivalent to 280 full-time staff posts from 2011-13 …

St George’s Healthcare staff

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has announced plans to remove 500 staff posts, including nurses and consultants, plus the …

Central Manchester University Hospitals staff

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced that up to 1,400 jobs could go over the next four …

Frimley Park Hospital

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust estimates that staff numbers will reduce by the equivalent of 38 full-time posts -

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals staff

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust expects its workforce requirement to reduce by around 10 …

Kent County Coucil

1500 jobs from KCC shown 550 Further jobs from KCC that are hidden in their budget 167 Jobs from Medway Council so far large …

Lambeth Council staff

Lambeth Council expects to shed around 800 staff posts from 2011-13 due to budget cutbacks. A council statement says that such …

Lambeth park rangers

Lambeth Council is scrapping its entire park rangers service. Lambeth’s park rangers patrol all the borough’s parks and green …

Lewisham Council staff

Lewisham Council plans to cut at least 375 staff posts. Phase I of the cuts will see a net reduction of 240 posts, including …

The Benefits Shop

The Benefits Shop is Dudley Council’s open door benefits advice service. The council is planning to cut its budget by two …

Doncaster council

The elected mayor and his cabinet have decided to close 14 libraries out of doncaster’s council 26 libraries. The save our …

Blackburn Council Services (many!)

Mobile library service to be cut and library opening hours reduced. Arts and cultural events / provisions to be cut include …

Reading Borough Council staff

300 jobs are going at Reading Borough Council. This is on the back of 170 who have already left under a voluntary scheme.

Moray Council staff

Approximately 75 jobs,1.7% of the council’s total workforce,are to be lost in the financial year 2011/12 as a result of budget …

1,500 Kent Police Jobs

Kent’s police force is cutting 1500 jobs- 500 of which will be uniformed officers. The Chief Constable has warned that this …

1,500 KCC Jobs

Kent County Council has announced that it will be cutting 1,500 jobs in order to make up for the budget short fall. As …

Kent Support for Vulnerable People

£736,000 has been cut from the budget which enables vulnerable people to remain independent.

Kent Pre-School Care Grants

£1,500,000 has been slashed from funding for pre-school care for two-to-four year olds.

Kent Local Transport Schemes

£4,100,000 has been cut from Kent’s local transport schemes, which are intended to ease congestion and improve safety. …

Lambeth lollipop men and women

Lambeth is axing its provision of Lollipop men and women throughout the borough. There were almost 1,200 accidents in the …

Lambeth libraries

THE four libraries most under threat of closure in a borough have been revealed. Lambeth council is considering axing the …

Funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Funding is being reduced and is in some cases disappearing for providing ESOL classes (English for Speakers of Other …

Rochdale Law Centre

Rochdale Law Centre, a charity law centre serving Rochdale—one of the most deprived areas of the country—has already had its …

Equality & Human Rights Commission

The government plans to cut the EHRC budget by over 65%, cut staff by over half and remove it’s advice and grant giving …

Manchester neglected buildings

Manchester City Council plans to save £12k in 2011/12 by reducing work on neglected buildings, and £13k through reducing its …

Debdale Outdoor Centre

Manchester City Council plans to shut Debdale Outdoor Centre unless an alternative provider can be found. Debdale is a …

Ten Acres Leisure Centre

Manchester City Council plans to shut Ten Acres Leisure Centre unless an alternative provider can be found. Ten Acres Leisure …

Ardwick Leisure Centre

Manchester City Council plans to shut Ardwick Leisure Centre unless an alternative provider can be found. Ardwick Leisure …

Arcadia Sports Hall

Manchester City Council plans to close Arcadia Sports Hall in Levenshulme unless an alternative provider can be found. Arcadia …

Manchester libraries service

Manchester City Council plans to implement a variety of cuts to its library service: * review of opening hours, to save …

Manchester school crossing patrols

The number of lollipop patrols at Manchester schools is likely to be cut as Manchester City Council reviews funding for school …

Manchester CCTV

Manchester City Council plans to save £21k in 2011/12 by cancelling the installation of new CCTV cameras.

Manchester highways maintenance

Manchester City Council plans to significantly cut its highways maintenance capital spending, with only essential repairs …

Manchester school improvement service

Manchester City Council plans to transfer its school improvement service to a social enterprise independent of the council. …

Manchester Sure Start and youth centres

Manchester City Council plans to hand over its 20 youth centres and 36 Sure Start nurseries to partner organisations such as …

Manchester play schemes

Manchester City Council is considering reducing the universal provision of play schemes and outdoor play and ceasing funding …

Manchester adult care individual budgets

Manchester City Council is planning to make cuts to the Individual Budgets it provides for adult care users. Previously, adult …

Manchester supported housing

Manchester City Council plans to axe 340 supported housing units, which provide homes for the city’s most needy people. The …

Manchester adult care reablement fittings

Manchester City Council will no longer supply equipment under £25 to help vulnerable people stay in their own homes. The …

Manchester day care centres

Manchester City Council plans to combine its adult day care service centres to create one centre for each locality. Each centre …

Manchester Advice

Manchester City Council plans to shut its Manchester Advice service, which provides free and confidential advice and …

Manchester waste collection and street cleaning

Manchester City Council plans to collect general waste fortnightly rather than weekly, although food waste collection will …

Manchester car parking

Manchester City Council plans to end free parking on Sundays, while on-street charging will be extended to 12 hours, 7am to …

Miles Platting Library

Manchester City Council plans to shut Miles Platting Library, one of five libraries set for closure across the city.

Barlow Moor Library

Manchester City Council plans to shut Barlow Moor Library, one of five smaller libraries set for closure across the city.

Rack House Library

Manchester City Council plans to shut Rack House Library in Wythenshawe, one of five smaller libraries set for closure across …

East City Library

Manchester City Council plans to shut East City Library, one of five smaller libraries set for closure across the city. The …

Clayton Library

Manchester City Council plans to shut Clayton Library, one of five smaller libraries set for closure. The move follows the …

Miles Platting Swimming Pools

Manchester City Council plans to shut Miles Platting Swimming Pools.

Manchester public toilets

Manchester City Council plans to close all its public toilets except those on Mount Street, which will be subject to a small …

Lambeth People First

People First Lambeth is a charity that supports people with learning difficulties to stand up for themselves and take control …

Deddington Library

Deddington Library is on the list of proposed closures drawn up by Oxfordshire County Council.

Asylum Seekers Unit (Your Homes Newcastle)

The Home Office has decided not to award Your Homes Newcastle’s Asylum Seekers Unit (ASU) an extension on their contract …

Lewisham adult education

Community Education Lewisham (CEL) is withdrawing its 50 percent concessionary adult education fee from those aged 60-64, with …

Adult education concessionary fees

As a result of a 25 percent funding cut for adult education from 2011 to 2015, the Skills Funding Agency has reduced the groups …

Falkirk district libraries

Falkirk Council is planning to shut all of its libraries on Saturday afternoons and reduce evening opening hours. The affected …

East End Life

East End Life, Tower Hamlets Council’s weekly free paper, is under review with all options being considered, including …

Manchester Sure Start Family Work

Manchester Family support work with vulnerable families with a child under 5.  Majority social work referrals, families with …

Refugee Council

The Refugee Council, which provides essential and in some cases life-saving support to asylum seekers, refugees and their …

Selby bus depot

A dozen jobs are to be lost at Selby bus depot following £600,000 of subsidy cuts by North Yorkshire County Council. The cuts …

NHS North Yorkshire and York

The local NHS trust has halted IVF treatment whilst planning to make around 60 members of staff redundant to reduce management …

North York Moors National Park

North York Moors National Park is relying on volunteers after cutting staff numbers by 11 percent. The authority that runs the …

HM Coastguard, Bridlington

The government is currently consulting on proposals to close ten of the country’s eighteen coastguard stations. The Humber …

North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police will have its funding cut by more than £19 million between 2011 and 2015. The force has indicated that …

Wick tax office

Wick tax office is due to close in spring 2012, with the potential loss of 20 jobs. The plans date back to the previous …

Leicester museums

Leicester City Council plans to make the following cutbacks to local museums and galleries: * four museums will be closed to …

Leicester street cleaning

Leicester City Council plans to reduce the number of applied sweepers it uses, as well as making other savings from its street …

Leicester car park charges

Leicester City Council plans to increase its car parking charges by 10 percent in 2011/12.

Leicester Consumer Advice Centre

Leicester City Council is planning to close its Consumer Advice Centre. The centre, which is part of the council’s trading …

Leicester adult care charges

Leicester City Council introduced the following increases to its adult social care charges in January 2011: * Increase the …

Lincolnshire County Council staff

Lincolnshire County Council is planning to axe over 800 jobs in response to required savings of £18 million a year. The …

Blackpool Council staff

Blackpool Council is suffering the consequences of a £27m budget reduction as 700 town hall jobs are being axed.

BBC World Service

Up to 650 jobs are to go, five language services are to be closed and many radio stations are to be axed at the BBC World …

Ventnor Botanic Garden

Isle of Wight Council voted to withdraw its £500,000 annual funding for the botanical garden in Ventnor and to shut off free …

Wiltshire libraries

Ten villages have been told their libraries will close unless unpaid volunteers staff them, while others face reduced …

Gloucester Financial Inclusion Fund staff

The following redundancies have been announced in Gloucester’s Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) team at Podsmead. * FIF Debt …

Isle of Wight libraries

Isle of Wight Council plans to shut nine of its 11 libraries. Cowes, Sandown, Ventnor and Freshwater libraries would remain …

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Futures

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Futures comprises Connexions Nottinghamshire and various bodies dealing with education and …

Croydon Youth Services

Decision taken on Monday to cut nearly £2 million from youth service budget in Croydon. Will mean youth clubs that have over …

Devon Record Office

Devon Record Office collects and preserves the historical records of Devon and makes them available to all who wish to study …

Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau

Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau is expected to shut down all five of its advice centres after the city council decided to …

Suffolk Connexions and youth services

Suffolk County Council is planning to make severe cuts to its Connexions youth advice service and other youth services. All …

Lewisham Connexions

Lewisham Council will axe all funding for its Connexions service, which gives information and advice for young people aged …

Links Project, Ealing

Ealing Council plans to close the Links Project at the end of March 2011. The Links Project is a day service that runs from two …

Albert Dane Centre, Ealing

Ealing Council plans to close the Albert Dane Centre at the end of March 2011. The Albert Dane Centre is a day centre for …

Coventry & Warwickshire Connexions

On 25th January 2011, staff at Coventry & Warwickshire Connexions - a youth careers advice and information service - were …

BBC South website

The BBC South website is to be scrapped due to cuts in the BBC’s online budget.

Visit Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Council’s main tourism body has been forced into administration after losing almost £670,000 in …

Croydon Clocktower

Croydon Council is slashing its arts and culture budget which means that the Clocktower, an arts complex comprising a cinema, …

Voluntary Action Wakefield District

Voluntary Action Wakefield District (VAWD) saw the majority of its funding cut with immediate effect by Wakefield Council in …

Bristol housing support

Bristol City Council is planning to reduce its Tenant Support Service budget by 20 percent in 2011/12, meaning that either …

New Forest National Park staff

Fifteen percent of the New Forest National Park’s workforce are to be axed following a 21 percent cut in funding.

Bristol Safer Homes Project

Bristol City Council is planning to slash funding for its Safer Homes Project, cutting £150k from its £250k budget in …

Bristol police community support officers

Bristol City Council is planning to reduce funding for police community support officers (PCSOs), which are co-funded with the …

Bristol school service charges

Bristol City Council plans to remove the subsidy for services trading with schools, while increasing income from schools by …

Bristol City Council staff

Bristol City Council plans to cut 340 staff posts during 2011/12, of which around 180 are likely to be through natural turnover …

Jaywick flood warning sirens

Flood warning sirens at Jaywick (an area at risk from flooding) have been scrapped to save money. The alternative offered is a …

Southampton day care centres

Vital day care centres are likely to be cut along with 100 jobs.

Andover Mind vocational advice service

Andover Mind’s vocational advice service, which helps people find jobs and works with many people who have suffered mental …

Southampton City Council jobs and pay

Southampton City Council plans to cut up to 250 jobs during 2010/11, while all 4,180 non-teaching council staff face a 5.4 …

Hampshire County Council staff

Hampshire County Council have announced 1,200 job cuts, which represents around 8 percent of the workforce. Adult and …

Pillar and The Alford mental health drop-in centres

In 2010, Aberdeen City Council withdrew funding from both of the city’s drop-in centres for people with mental health problems …

Park View elderly home

A report is going to Warwickshire County Council’s cabinet on 27th January 2011 recommending that Park View (a home for older …

ADVA Devon domestic violence service

ADVA - Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – was set up in November 2002 to bring together the statutory and voluntary …

Registration and Service Points, Highland Council

Registration and Servce Points are to be merged and this will lead to redundancies and reduction of quality in both services. …

Suffolk County Libraries

Suffolk County Council plans to cut at least 30 percent from its £9m library budget over the next three years. Two-thirds of …

Wigan Connexions

Connexions, the youth careers advice and information service, cut around 30 FTE (full-time equivalent) posts during 2010/11 - …

Cheshire & Warrington Connexions

Connexions Cheshire & Warrington, which provides youth career guidance and information, cut 80 jobs from a workforce of 300 …

Cambridgeshire Connexions

Cambridgeshire County Council is making the following cuts to its Connexions youth careers guidance and information …

Physiotherapy-Dudley group of Hospitals NHS FT

Approximately 4 Frozen posts (these will never be unfrozen by the way) 7 additional posts to be lost all within …

South Wales Police

THE four Welsh police forces are expected to shed 1,600 officers and staff over the next four years with South Wales Police is …

Cambridgeshire libraries

Cambridgeshire’s libraries and local studies/archives budget faces £3.2m of cuts between 2011 and 2015. 13 libraries are under …

Sefton holiday childcare schemes

Sefton Council is to cease discretionary grants to external organisations which run play/childminding schemes during the school …

Opportunities Shop

Sefton Council is cutting £69k of funding for the Opportunities Shop. The Opportunities Shop is a community-based charity …

Sefton library closures

Sefton Council is scrapping its mobile library while three Southport libraries are under threat of closure, leaving only one …

Parks & Open Spaces, Sefton

Sefton Council have voted to reduce grounds management for parks including reducing bowling greens from 22 to 16. Site …

Sefton environmental education

Sefton Council has voted to cease environmental education activity, out of school wildlife clubs and community events.

Sefton school clothing grant for disadvantaged pupils

Sefton Council have cancelled the school uniform grant for disadvantaged pupils.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra grant

Sefton Council is planning to axe a grant of more than £22,000 to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The decision could have an …

Norfolk County Council staff

Norfolk Council is axeing 1,000 jobs in a bid to save £155m between 2011 and 2014. The council will try and limit compulsory …

Fife Council staff

Fife Council plans to cut around 1,800 jobs during 2010/11 - affecting nine percent of the council’s 20,000 staff by March …

Sussex Police

Sussex Police plans to cut 1,050 jobs by 2015. 500 of these are expected to be frontline police officers.

East Sussex County Council staff

150-200 jobs are expected to be cut during 2011/12. 315 job losses are expected in the council’s children’s services department …

Children’s Services in scope of ESCC

East Sussex County Council will be making £100 million of budget cuts over the next four years. We are informed that £20m of …

Liverpool Women’s Hospital IVF treatment

NHS Warrington axed funding in August 2010 for local women to have IVF treatment at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Patients from …

Liverpool Hope University staff

Around 100 staff at Liverpool Hope University are to lose their jobs by September 2011. The university announced that one in …

Harbourne adult care home

Bradford Metropolitan District Council plans to shut Harbourne adult care home as part of plans to withdraw from providing …

Laurence House adult care home

Bradford Metropolitan District Council plans to shut Laurence House adult care home as part of plans to withdraw from providing …

Neville Grange adult care home

Bradford Metropolitan District Council plans to shut Neville Grange adult care home as part of plans to withdraw from providing …

Meadowcroft adult care home

Bradford Metropolitan District Council plans to shut Meadowcroft adult care home as part of plans to withdraw from providing …

Bradford adult care homes

Bradford Metropolitan District Council plans to close four adult care homes and withdraw from providing mainstream long-term …

Flood defence funding

The Environment Agency’s budget for maintaining and developing flood defences is to be sliced by more than a fifth from …

Lochwinnoch Library

Renfrewshire Council have voted to move Lochwinnoch Village Library out of its current location into the space currently …

Driving Standards Agency office, Cardiff

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) area office in Cardiff, which employs 87 staff, is to close, it has been announced. Caradog …

Lochwinnoch Sports Annexe

Renfrewshire Council have voted to dispose of the Local Sports Annexe. It is used by the local boys’ football team, children’s …

Southend Hospital Ward Closes

The Trust have announced that George Foster Taylor Ward will shut, with a loss of 25 bed. All staff will be ‘transferred’ to …

Southend Hospital

The Trust have announced that 400 jobs will be cut over the next three years. They stated that 105 will be cut in 2010/11. …

Everything (Suffolk)

Suffolk County Council proposes to privatise all services it runs, apart from those that are centrally funded like Education …

Hounslow public libraries and youth service

Hounslow Council has put eight of its 11 public libraries at risk of closure. It intends to retain the three “main” libraries. …

Cambridge Corn Exchange

Cambridge City Council is cutting £350,000 of funding to the Corn Exchange, an iconic Cambridge venue that has been running …

Sheffield Outokumpu redevelopment

In June 2010 the government axed a proposed £13m loan for the redevelopment of the Outokumpu steel plant site in Sheffield …

Harefield Road multi-storey car park, Nuneaton

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council have decided to shut Harefield Road multi storey car park to the public on Sundays and …

Xtrax Youth Service, and Hastings Borough Council

One of the most deprived towns in the UK faces some of the heaviest cuts, with the local council shedding 10% of it’s workforce …

Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde plans to shut Lightburn Hospital in east Glasgow, which provides rehabilitative care for older …

Post grad Dept in Social Sciences Faculty at the Open University

It has been “quietly” announced that post grad degrees under social sciences will no longer be offered at the Open University …

Leeds Police Community Support Officers

Leeds City Council plans to cut its support for local Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) by 20 percent. Currently, the …

Milborne Port Library

Milborne Port Library is under grave threat of closure next spring. This small but thriving library provides vital services to …

Leeds arts funding

Leeds City Council is planning to implement a 10 percent cut to its budget for grants to arts bodies and other organisations …

Leeds highway maintenance

Leeds City Council is planning to cut its highway maintenance revenue budget by £1.5m.

Leeds FreeCityBus

Leeds City Council is planning to scrap its funding for the FreeCityBus, which provides a free bus service linking Leeds’ rail …

Winslow Library

14 libraries in Buckinghamshire including Winslow Library are set to be staffed by volunteers to stop them being closed as a …

National Conservation Centre

The National Conservation Centre closed to the public due to government cuts on 17 December 2010. Open in 1996, the centre …

The £95million challenge - Kent County Council budget

6 January 2011 Today Kent County Council released its proposed budget for 2011/12 and spending plans for the 2011 to 2013 …

Plans to close care homes for elderly people across Kent have been approved.

Eleven care homes are affected and Kent County Council (KCC) said each site had been considered separately. Under the plans, …

Southwark Speech and Language Therapists

Speech and Language Therapists in Southwark face losing 30 percent of their staff. They have voted almost unanimously for …

Manchester City Council staff

2,000 jobs are to go at Manchester City Council because of government spending cuts. The Labour-run council said it needed to …

Care and Repair Service for vulnerable people

Clackmannanshire Council has decided to withdraw funding for the the local Care and Repair Service which has been operational …

Inquest deaths in custody charity

London Councils grant cut a double whammy for INQUEST beneficiaries For 25 years, the London Boroughs Grants Scheme, …

Vine special needs education

Vine is run by Leeds City Council and is based in several locations across the city. It provides local people who have high …

Leeds adult care

In 2011/12 Leeds City Council is likely to close four residential homes, rising to 13 by 2014/15. Eight day centre closures …

Adult learning

Cuts to funding by the Skills Funding Agency will bring an end to low cost learning opportunities for people in receipt of …

Oxhey Police Station

South Oxhey’s police station could be closed in a bid to save money. Hertfordshire Constabulary, which plans to save more …

English for Speakers of Other Languages

From September 2011 the government plans to cut ESOL funding whilst imposing restrictions on eligibility for public funding, …

Identity and Passport Service

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is responsible for issuing UK passports and for the registration of births, marriages …

Headington Library

Headington Library is one of 23 (out of 40) libraries in Oxfordshire whose funding is being cut. They are apparently to be …

Bridgend libraries

Local library service, providing library services to Bridgend and surrounding areas, and heavily relied on by the elderly and …

Education Other than at School service

EOTAS is a service for children who have had to leave mainstream education for medical reasons. The reasons can be physical …

University of Wales Institute Cardiff

Courses, staff and students are to be reduced at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Uwic).  It is understood that the …

Dorset County Council - Additional staffing cuts

Additional staff to be cut in latest figures.

Dorset County Council - Lollipop staff

Lollipop staff are the first to go in Dorset.

Supporting People

Proposals to slash £1.1m from the cost of supporting elderly, sick and frail residents have been drawn up

Work experience funding

Provides funding for young people to do block or single days work experience with employers, to motivate them to gain good …

Croydon libraries

Croydon council is proposing the closure of six libraries.

Croydon Youth services

Croydon Youth service cuts proposed

H&F News

Hammersmith & Fulham’s fortnightly free paper that brings community updates to residents will be scrapped in 2011.

Youth Centres in Surrey

Surrey County Council is finalising a proposal to appoint a local organisation or business to run Surrey’s Youth Clubs.  …

Schools Sports Services

Cuts to school sports partnership funding

Birmingham leisure services

Birmingham City Council is reviewing its library, sports, community and play services so as to deliver £5.3m of funding cuts …

Shelforce disability employment team

Birmingham City Council is planning to redesign the Shelforce disability employment team. Shelforce manufactures window, door …

Bolton Council staff

It is estimated that up to 2,000 council workers may lose their jobs between 2010 and 2015 as Bolton council faces the biggest …

Birmingham school support outsourced

Birmingham City Council plans to outsource some of its school support services to a social enterprise operating on a fully …

Birmingham children’s social care

Birmingham City Council plans to reduce spending on chidren’s social care services by cutting the number of referrals and …

Birmingham adult care

Birmingham City Council plans to implement major cuts to spending on adult social care, including restricting council-funded …

Birmingham Council staff

Birmingham City Council anticipates the loss of 7,116 full-time non-school jobs between 2011 and 2015 - a 37 percent reduction …

Aldenham Country Park

Hertfordshire County Council is shutting down its facilities at Aldenham Country Park. As well as the decision to terminate its …

Bushey Police Station

Bushey Police Station looks set to close as part of government spending cuts. High running costs at the station, built in 1884, …

Rolling Base after-school club

The Rolling Base after school club closed in December 2010 after its funding was cut by Hertfordshire County Council. The …

Wiggenhall Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre

Hertfordshire County Council’s cabinet voted to shut the Wiggenhall Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre in November …

Borehamwood bus services

More than 50,000 passenger journeys are expected to be lost as Hertfordshire County Council cuts bus services in Borehamwood. …

Thrive Homes sheltered housing

Hertfordshire County Council has cut its grant to Thrive Homes, which owns and runs eight sheltered housing schemes for the …

Watford bus services

Cuts are being made to bus routes in south-west Hertfordshire, including the number 8 Watford to Mount Vernon route which will …

The Grange Day Centre

The Grange Day Centre is the only provision specifically for adults with physical disabilities in Shropshire. It is being …

National Offender Management Service (NOMS)

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is responsible for prisons and probation services across Engalnd & Wales and is …

Essex Connexions

Essex County Council decided to scrap the Connexions advice service for teenagers in December 2010. The move will mean at least …

Coast Guard

Weymouth Control Centre to close!

Wandsworth Libraries

Wandsworth Council have launched a formal public consultation on reducing opening hours at 10 Wandsworth libraries and closing …

Booktrust schemes

Booktrust is to lose all government funding for its bookgifting programmes in England from 1st April next year. The book …

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue

The service faces a £5m cut equalling 12 percent of its budget over two years. This will mea the closure of three fire …

Nottingham children’s services

Nottingham City Children’s Services have decided to close down both City Learning Centres in the city - the South eLearning …

North Somerset Council staff

North Somerset Council will cut 130 full time jobs in 2011/12. This figure may rise as the council’s financial settlement from …

Dorset County Council staff pay

Dorset County Council aims to save around £6.1m across all directorates through changes to staff pay and conditions …

Dorset County Council chief executive’s department

Dorset County Council plans to make the following cuts to its chief executive’s department: (i) reducing the number of staff …

Dorset County Council corporate resources

Dorset County Council plans to make the following cuts to its corporate resources team: • restructuring of the …

Dorset countryside support

Dorset County Council will conduct a review of the nature and extent of future council support to countryside development. For …

Dorset property repair and maintenance

Dorset County Council’s property management division supports the delivery of the council’s capital programme, manages and …

Dorset County Council planning services

Dorset County Council is proposing the following cuts to its planning service in 2011/12: • ending staff support to tourism …

Dorset highway maintenance and transportation

Dorset County Council is proposing the following savings to its highways and transportation service in 2011/12: • …

Dorset County Council regulatory services

Dorset County Council is proposing the following cuts to its regulatory services in 2010/11: • reducing activity with …

Dorset museums and libraries

Dorset County Council is proposing the following cuts to its cultural services budget in 2011/12: • reducing the number of …

Dorset adult care day centres

Dorset County Council is proposing the following savings related to its adult care day centres for 2011/12: • withdrawing …

Dorset disability support

Dorset County Council has identified support for adults with physical, mental and learning disabilities as the area where there …

Dorset County Council adult service support

Dorset County Council adult service support provides a range of support services to managers and service users. It is likely …

Dorset disability voluntary sector

Dorset County Council is planning to reduce grants to some community groups that provide services to adults with learning …

Dorset children’s services - planning, commissioning and performance

Dorset County Council’s strategic planning, commissioning and performance teams establish the need for children’s services, …

Dorset children’s inclusion services

Dorset County Council provides three statutory services (Special Educational Needs; Educational Psychology Service; Youth …

Dorset school improvement service

Dorset County Council is planning to make cuts to its school improvement service. There is the potential to increase earned …

Dorset integrated children’s services

Dorset County Council’s teams of Youth Service, Education Social Work and Attendance Service, Early Years and Childcare …

Dorset adoption and children in care

Dorset County Council is planning the following cuts to services relating to adoption and children in care: • reducing the …

Sandwell Anxiety Management Course

Anxiety Management course previously provided by local college and much referred to by mental health teams now discontinued …

Erdington Connexions

Connexions, the service for young people aged 13-19 (or 25 for those with learning difficulties or disabilities), closed its …

Birmingham arts funding

Birmingham City Council has cut funding for arts organisations by 17 percent for 2011/12. All major arts groups will receive …

Hampshire police

Hampshire Constabulary plans to axe 1,400 posts - 20 percent of its workforce - including police officers. The force is …

Queen Elizabeth Hospital staff

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust plans to reduce staffing by the equivalent of 224 full-time posts between …

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals staff

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is currently assuming it will make 100 redundancies over four …

Heart of England NHS staff

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust expects to reduce staffing levels by the equivalent of around 1,600 full-time posts …

Dorset County Hospital staff

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut staffing by the equivalent of 230 full-time posts between 2010 and …

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals staff

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust plans to cut staffing levels by the equivalent of 308 full-time posts between 2010 …

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay staff

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut staffing levels by the equivalent of 705 full-time …

Royal Berkshire NHS staff

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust plans to reduce headcount by up to 600 staff between 2010 and 2013. The Trust expects to …

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS staff

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is planning to reduce temporary staffing levels by the equivalent of 375 full-time posts …

Merseytravel

Merseytravel’s block funding grant from the Department for Transport has been slashed by two thirds, with the Chairman of the …

Framework homelessness charity

Framework, Nottinghamshire’s leading homelessness charity, is warning that the level of budget cuts proposed by …

Royal College of Art

The RCA is distinctive as the only solely postgraduate art and design institution in the world.  The College is widely viewed …

Rushcliffe day centre charges

Day centre charges in Rushcliffe (South Nottingham) are rising from around £7 to £20 a day.

Cornwall council staff

2,000 jobs are going at Cornwall Council.

Salford City Council staff

Salford City Council is set to shed hundreds of jobs under plans to save £39m over three years. Town hall bosses say they …

Dorset Fire Service

Budget cuts to Fire & rescue Service of 25%

Dorset County Council staff pay

500 FTE jobs to go at Dorset County Council

Education Support for Disability Students

In order to save money, Aberdeen City Council is proposing drastic cuts to education services for children across the city and …

Angus Council cuts

500 jobs to go at Angus Council

Southwark Council staff

Southwark Council has threatened that it may need to make 1000 employees redundant over the next 3 years in order to save …

Connexions Norfolk

Connexions Norfolk has already suffered 50% cuts (announced in July 2010) and significant change to practitioner roles.

Connexions West

Over 55 posts at the Connexions West information service have been lost during 2010, nearly a third of all Connexions staff, …

Leicestershire Police

100 police staff will be made redundant from various areas within the force. The work they undertake is not diminishing and …

Gloucestershire County Council staff and services

1,000 jobs will go at the council - over 400 in the first wave. Libraries, youth centres, day centres and council services to …

Warwickshire County Council staff and services

Warwickshire County Council is consulting on a series of cuts that would see the jobs of around 1,855 direct employees’ jobs …

Somerset County Council staff

1,500 jobs are to be cut by Somerset County Council over the next three years, with 700 to go before April 2011. These job cuts …

Cumbria tourist board

Cumbria Tourism received a significant proportion of its funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The Tory …

Somerset bus services

Somerset County Council is cutting its bus subsidies across the county. This could mean 50 percent of bus services ceasing. …

Somerset arts funding

Somerset Council is cutting all arts funding. Local community projects/groups will lose funding and may close, including …

Planning Aid England

The government has decided to terminate funding for Planning Aid England when its current contract ends in March 2011. The …

Winter garden waste collections in Redcar & Cleveland

Redcar & Cleveland local authority will not collect garden waste for four months due to cuts.

Redcar & Cleveland Building Schools for the Future Cuts

Lawrence Jackson in Guisborough and others won’t get new buildings under BSF.

Magherafelt District Council staff

A total of 184 council workers, throughout each of the council’s departments, received letters inviting applications for …

Oxfordshire youth services

Oxfordshire County Council is putting forward proposals for changes to services for young people ahead of having to make …

Oxfordshire county libraries

Almost half of Oxfordshire County Libraries are to be cut in proposals put forward by conservative-run Oxfordshire County …

National Council for Voluntary Organisations

National Council for Voluntary Organisations is shedding around 30 jobs in a major restructure: Sir Stuart Etherington, NCVO …

Dundee City Council

City Council budget cuts of £20million in 2011-12, £10million in 2012-13 and £10million in 2013-14

Thames Valley Police Service

More than 800 police officers and support staff are to be axed as government cuts force Thames Valley Police to rein in its …

Camden disability transport services

Camden Council is planning to implement a variety of cuts to transport services for adult care users and people with …

Camden adult care services

Camden Council is planning to cut funding for discretionary adult care services including some resource centres, luncheon clubs …

Waves Project Weymouth

A children’s charity in Weymouth is facing the axe after council bosses said they were ending its £80,000 a year funding. They …

local services

THOUSANDS of jobs will be lost on Tyneside as a result of Government cuts, a secret report has revealed. Experts at jobs …

Camden Council district housing offices

Camden Council is planning to close its five district housing offices, as well as merging telephone and face to face contact …

Camden housing repairs

Camden Council is planning to cut the housing repairs it carries out through a number of measures: a) Ceasing to carry out …

Camden tenant and leaseholder service charges

Camden Council is planning to increase tenant and leaseholder service charges in order to raise an extra £1.55m a year by …

Extra primary school places in Haringey

£8.5 million has been withdrawn from Haringey Council’s funding for extra primary school places, along with £115,000 for free …

Lancashire arts organisations

Cuts throughout Lancashire to arts organisations, many of which are actively involved in their local communities: Prescap …

Camden sports facilities price rise

The cost of hiring sports facilities will no longer be pegged, under savings proposals from Camden Council. Regular users can …

Camden street cleansing

Camden Council plans to reduce the frequency of its street cleaning operations to help save £4.7m a year by 2013/14. Camden …

Camden voluntary sector funding

Camden Council plans to cut discretionary funding for the voluntary and community sector by around £2.5 million per year, …

City Gallery, Leicester

An annual budget of £266,000 given to City Gallery in Leicester is being cut to £34,000.

Talacre Sports Centre

Camden Council plans to outsource management of Talacre Community Sports Centre in Kentish Town to Greenwich Leisure Limited …

Mornington Sports Centre

Camden Council is planning to shut Mornington Sports Centre in early 2012, despite it having only reopened in February 2010 …

West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police are looking to reduce numbers of civilian police staff by 1,200 and police officers by 1,100 over the next …

Darlington Arts Centre and Civic Theatre

Darlington Arts Centre and Civic Theatre will be closed if Council plans to cut support from £1.2million to £zero go ahead. …

Envirocrime Prevention

Ealing Council’s Envirocrime Prevention deals with flytipping, both residential and commercial waste regulation, abandoned …

Camden community safety team

Camden Council is planning to cut its community safety service by a third, leading to fewer patrols. The restructured service …

Police civilian staff

85% cuts across three tiers of management underway.

Southport botanic gardens nursery

The nursery provides employment for local people growing flowers which are sold to members of the public, used in the parks and …

Sutton libraries (proposed)

Possible outsourcing of services.

Shelter Cymru in Wrexham

Wrexham Council has voted to withdraw funding of £44,000 to Shelter Cymru, the charity serving homeless people.  The authority …

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

The cultural arts centre is expecting a £40,000 cut by 2012 according to local media.

Camden libraries

Camden Council is planning to close its mobile library service and a number of library branches in order to save £1.6m a year …

Connexions Northamptonshire

Connexions provides careers advice and other information, advice, guidance and support to all 13-19 year olds (and to young …

Ealing Council staff

Ealing Council is planning to put 300 members of staff at risk of redundancy.

Work Solutions Service at Jobs in Mind

The Work Solutions Service at Jobs in Mind provides support to individuals who are experiencing stress/mental health related …

University of Dundee staff

193 jobs sought by university management. Local UCU trade union branch balloting on industrial action as management refuse to …

Swindon Dial A Ride

Swindon Dial A Ride is a community transport minibus service. It operates a fleet of minibuses modified for people with …

Peterborough Council staff

Peterborough City Council expects to remove 181 staff posts in 2011/12 due to budget cuts. This figure excludes redundancies …

Werrington Library opening hours

Werrington Library’s opening hours are set to be cut from 44.5 hours a week to 29 hours a week, in line with Peterborough …

Orton Library opening hours

Orton Library’s opening hours are set to be cut from 44.5 hours a week to 29 hours a week, in line with Peterborough City …

Dogsthorpe Library opening hours

Dogsthorpe Library’s opening hours are set to be cut from 34.5 hours a week to 29 hours a week, in line with Peterborough …

Bretton Library opening hours

Bretton Library’s opening hours are set to be cut from 44.5 hours a week to 29 hours a week, in line with Peterborough City …

Peterborough Council fee increases

Peterborough City Council is planning to increase many of the fees it charges for specific services. Bereavement …

Peterborough parish council funding

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut funding for local parish councils by a fifth from 2012/13. The council currently …

Peterborough charities rate relief

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut the funding it provides charities for relief from business rates. At present, …

Peterborough Council abandoned calls

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut £50k from its call centre, leading to an increase in abandoned calls of between …

Peterborough Council benefit claims processing

Peterborough City Council plans to increase the amount of time it takes to process benefit claims from 13 to 18 days. By …

Peterborough adult care charges

Peterborough City Council is planning to increase charges for some community adult care services - day care services, respite …

Peterborough day care centres

Peterborough City Council is reviewing its day care services with the aim of saving £100k a year. With adult care service …

Peterborough disabled facilities funding

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut funding for necessary improvements to disabled people’s homes. The council …

Peterborough urgent housing repair work

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut funding for urgent repair work on private housing by around 40 percent. The …

Peterborough voluntary sector funding

Peterborough City Council is planning to slash funding for voluntary groups by nearly a fifth. The council currently provides …

Peterborough community association grant

Peterborough City Council is planning to nearly halve the value of grants it provides to a large number of community and …

Peterborough city centre wireless internet

Peterborough City Council is suspending its project to introduce wireless internet access around the city centre. The council …

Peterborough car park charges

Peterborough City Council is set to increase the charges for using many of its city car parks in order to raise extra …

Clare Lodge women’s secure unit outsourced

Peterborough City Council is planning to set up an ‘arms-length management organisation’ (ALMO) to run Clare Lodge women’s …

Peterborough children’s services outsourced

Peterborough City Council is studying the feasibility of operating its children’s services as an ‘arms-length management …

Peterborough post-16 education transport

Peterborough City Council is planning to scrap free school/college transport for children over 16 with medical problems or …

Peterborough faith school transport

Peterborough City Council withdrew its provision of free transport for children starting at faith schools in September …

Peterborough children’s care complaints service

Peterborough City Council is scrapping its dedicated service for complaints regarding children’s social care, and is …

Peterborough children’s play centres

Peterborough City Council is planning to cut nearly half its budget for children’s play centres. The council currently runs …

Salford Royal NHS staff

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut staffing levels by the equivalent of 750 full-time posts between 2010 and …

Dudley Hospitals staff

The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is planning to reduce staffing levels by the equivalent of 170 full-time …

Queen Victoria Hospital staff

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 40 full-time staff posts during 2010/11. The Trust …

Gateshead Health NHS staff

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is reducing its workforce by the equivalent of around 331 full-time staff between 2010 …

Barnsley Hospital staff

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on 156 possible redundancies - 5 percent of total staffing - as of 20th …

Southend University Hospital staff

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 400 full-time staff between 2010 and 2013, …

Aintree University Hospitals staff

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 300 full-time staff over the next few years. …

George Eliot Hospital staff

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 257 full-time staff between 2010 and 2014. The breakdown of the …

Kettering General Hospital staff

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is reducing its workforce by the equivalent of 200 full-time staff between 2010 …

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS staff

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 444 full-time staff posts between 2010 and 2013. …

Nottingham University Hospitals staff

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust plans to cut 353 posts through natural turnover in 2011/12, which is just below three …

Andover Birth Centre

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust suspended birth and inpatient services at Andover Birth Centre from 27th …

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS staff

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust cut staffing levels by the equivalent of 80 full-time posts between March and …

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals staff

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut its workforce by the equivalent of around 145 full-time …

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals staff

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced a staffing reduction of 350 full-time equivalent …

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals staff

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is reducing staffing levels by 270 posts by removing existing vacancies that it believes will …

Bedford Hospital staff

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is cutting the size of its workforce by the equivalent of 24 full-time staff between 2010 and …

East Cheshire NHS staff

East Cheshire NHS Trust is cutting the equivalent of 33 full-time administrative and managerial posts during 2010/11. The …

University Hospital of South Manchester staff

On 20th August 2010, University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) NHS Foundation Trust has issued notification for possible …

North Cumbria University Hospitals staff

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust anticipates cutting the equivalent of 300-350 full-time staff between 2010 and …

Trafford Healthcare NHS staff

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust expects to cut the equivalent of 50-70 non-clinical full-time posts through natural wastage …

West Suffolk Hospital staff

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust plans to cut the equivalent of around 246 full-time staff between 2010 and 2015, which is …

University Hospital of North Staffordshire staff

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust is set to cut the equivalent of just under 1,349 full-time staff between …

Royal Bolton Hospital staff

Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is set to cut the equivalent of 257 full-time staff posts between 2010 and …

Cambridge University Hospitals staff

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of around 423 full-time staff …

University Hospitals of Leicester staff

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is cutting its workforce by the equivalent of 317 full-time staff in 2010/11, which …

Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals staff

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust expects to cut its workforce by the equivalent of around 300 full-time staff …

Derby Hospitals staff

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is cutting the equivalent of 55 full-time staff in 2010/11, with a further number planned. …

Countess of Chester Hospital staff

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 460.97 full-time staff posts between 2010 and …

Luton and Dunstable NHS staff

Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust expects to reduce overall staffing by the equivalant of 200 full-time posts. The …

The Walton Centre NHS staff

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 39 full-time staff through natural turnover between 2010 …

Isle of Man fertility treatment funding

The Isle of Man government decided in 2010 to cap funding for IVF fertility treatment at £40,000 per year. The year before …

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital staff

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 118 full-time staff between 2010 and …

Taunton & Somerset NHS staff

Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will cut the equivalent of 504 full-time posts between 2010 and 2013. Of the 504 posts …

Portsmouth Hospitals staff

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust cut the equivalent of 358 full-time posts between October 2009 and July 2010. Plans for future …

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS staff

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust plans to reduce its workforce by the equivalent of 533 full-time staff …

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital staff

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is planning to cut the equivalent of around 75 full-time staff posts between …

North West London Hospitals staff

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust plans to remove 87 staff posts through deleting vacancies and redeployment. Of the 87 …

Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS staff

Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust will cut the size of its workforce by the equivalent of 256 full-time …

Mid Essex Hospitals staff

Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust is cutting the equivalent of 200 full-time posts during 2010/11 by reducing the use of temporary …

Sussex Health Informatics Service staff

Sussex Health Informatics Service is reducing its workforce headcount by 60-90 posts by March 2011 to manage its funding and …

Southampton University Hospitals staff

Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust is expecting to cut the equivalent of 509 full-time staff between 2010 and 2012, …

Leeds College of Music teaching grants

Leeds College of Music (LCM) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to radically …

Heythrop College teaching grants

Heythrop College, University of London, is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

Courtauld Institute of Art teaching grants

The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the …

University College Birmingham teaching grants

University College Birmingham (UCB) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama teaching grants

The Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (CDD) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans …

Norwich University College of the Arts teaching grants

Norwich University College of the Arts (NUCA), formerly known as Norwich School of Art and Design, is facing the abolition of …

Institute of Education teaching grants

The Institute of Education (IoE) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

Goldsmiths College teaching grants

Goldsmiths College, University of London, is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans …

University of Chichester teaching grants

The University of Chichester is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to radically …

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance teaching grants

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s …

Leeds Trinity University College teaching grants

Leeds Trinity University College (formerly Leeds Trinity and All Saints) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant …

Royal Northern College of Music teaching grants

The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans …

Royal College of Music teaching grants

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

Royal Academy of Music teaching grants

The Royal Academy of Music is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to radically cut …

Rose Bruford College teaching grants

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance (RBC) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the …

Newman University College teaching grants

Newman University College (formerly Newman College of Higher Education) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant …

University of Winchester teaching grants

The University of Winchester is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to radically …

University College Falmouth teaching grants

University College Falmouth (UCF) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

University College Plymouth St Mark & St John teaching grants

The College of St Mark & St John (Marjon) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans …

York St John University teaching grants

York St John University (YSJ) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to radically …

Central School of Speech and Drama teaching grants

The Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s …

Bishop Grosseteste University College teaching grants

Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln, is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s …

Guildhall School of Music and Drama teaching grants

Guildhall School of Music and Drama is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s plans to …

School of Oriental and African Studies teaching grants

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the government’s …

East Kent Hospitals staff

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is planning to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 305 full-time staff …

Colchester Hospital staff

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 510 full-time staff from …

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust staff

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - the NHS trust covering Newry, Armagh, Downpatrick, Lisburn, Newtownards and …

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust staff

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, the NHS trust covering Belfast, is cutting its workforce by the equivalent of 1,755 …

Western Health and Social Care Trust staff

Western Health and Social Care Trust - the NHS trust covering Derry/Londonderry, Omagh and Enniskillen - is cutting the …

NHS Lothian staff

NHS Lothian is cutting the equivalent of 733 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is 3.75 percent of the total workforce. The …

NHS Forth Valley staff

NHS Forth Valley is cutting the equivalent of 154 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is 2.75 percent of the total workforce. The …

NHS Borders staff

NHS Borders is cutting the equivalent of 98 full-time equivalent staff in 2010/11, which is 3.6 percent of the total workforce. …

NHS Tayside staff

NHS Tayside is cutting the equivalent of 495 full-time posts in 2010/11, which is 4.2 percent of the total workforce. There are …

NHS Fife staff

NHS Fife is cutting the equivalent of 55 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is 0.75 percent of the total workforce. Most of the …

NHS Grampian staff

NHS Grampian is planning to cut the equivalent of 577 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is 5.1 percent of the total workforce. …

NHS Lanarkshire staff

NHS Lanarkshire is cutting the equivalent of 123 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is just over one percent of the total …

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde staff

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is cutting the equivalent of 1,252 full-time staff in 2010/11, which is 3.6 percent of the total …

NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is cutting the equivalent of 113 full-time staff through natural turnover in 2010/11, which is 1.3 percent …

NHS Shetland staff

NHS Shetland is cutting the equivalent of around nine full-time equivalent staff in 2010/11. Most of the cuts are to admin …

NHS Highland staff

NHS Highland is cutting the equivalent of 108 full-time posts in 2010/11, 1.6 percent of all staff. The cuts include: Nursing …

NHS Dumfries & Galloway staff

NHS Dumfries & Galloway is cutting the equivalent of 32 full-time posts in 2010/11, around one percent of total staffing. The …

Coventry and Warwickshire NHS mental health trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, which focuses on mental health, plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent …

West London Mental Health NHS Trust

West London Mental Health NHS Trust plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of more than 450 full-time posts - more than …

London South Bank University Language Centre

London South Bank University has decided to shut its Language Centre, which ran tutored foreign language courses as well as …

Bright Start Nursery

Bright Start Nursery, Brighton, is a popular nursery threatened with closure by Brighton and Hove City Council. Update: The …

Museum of Science & Industry

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester from …

Geffrye Museum

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the Geffrye Museum in East London from 2015. Currently …

Horniman Museum

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the Horniman Museum in London from 2015. Currently DCMS …

National Coal Mining Museum

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield from …

Design Museum London

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the Design Museum London from 2015. DCMS currently …

People’s History Museum

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will stop funding the People’s History Museum in Manchester from …

Eden museum funding

Eden District Council is cutting its annual funding for museum exhibits by £810 and for museum education programmes by …

Eden Arts

Eden District Council plans to cut its funding for Eden Arts from £43k to just under £14k from 2011 to 2014 - an almost 70 …

Shap public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Shap. The move is part of the council’s plan …

Brough public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Brough. The move is part of the council’s plan …

Dufton public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Dufton. The move is part of the council’s plan …

Threlkeld public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Threlkeld. The move is part of the council’s …

Pooley Bridge public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Pooley Bridge. The move is part of the …

Glenridding public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Glenridding. The move is part of the council’s …

Patterdale public toilets

Eden District Council plans to axe funding for public toilets in the village of Patterdale, which caters for walkers and …

Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City Council Services

Local government in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City to cut 2,400 jobs over the next two years.

Huntingdonshire car park fees

Huntingdonshire District Council intends to double car park fees from 2014 in order to generate an extra £500k of revenue.

Huntingdonshire countryside budget

Huntingdonshire District Council’s countryside budget is being more than halved by reducing staff, ending the …

Huntingdon Bus Station redevelopment

Huntingdonshire District Council has scrapped plans to redevelop Huntingdon Bus Station in the wake of central government …

Huntingdonshire housing

Huntingdonshire District Council is axeing its annual £500k budget for social housing grants, and is also cutting funding for …

Huntingdonshire CCTV

Huntingdonshire District Council is planning to abolish all funding for CCTV surveillance, with all CCTV operations axed from …

Huntingdonshire play equipment

Huntingdonshire District Council is cutting its budget for children’s play equipment from £60-70k in 2010/11 to £20k a year …

Ayr Pantomime

South Ayrshire’s panto hit the headlines when last year’s 2009 move to the Citadel leisure centre resulted in a loss of …

Fenland car park charges

Fenland District Council is introducing car park charges in order to balance the books in the face of public funding cuts. The …

Greater Manchester Police

Greater Manchester Police will lose a quarter of its staff as it deals with a £134m budget cut from 2011-15. Greater …

London School of Economics teaching grants

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is facing the abolition of its entire teaching grant under the …

Kingswood special needs primary school

Plans for a new special needs school for primary-aged children in Kingswood have had to be scaled down after funding was …

Sustrans back-to-work scheme

An initiative from national charity Sustrans to help local unemployed people get back to work has been axed after its first run …

Cockleshell Nursery, Southend

The Department for Education has withdrawn funding for improvement work to the Cockleshell Nursery in Southchurch, …

Little Treasures children’s centre, Westcliff

The Department for Education has withdrawn funding for improvement work to the Little Treasures children’s centre in …

Chase High School athletics track, Southend

Plans to build a new athletics track at Chase High School in Southend were scrapped after £660k of government funding for the …

St Luke’s Healthy Living Centre, Southend

The Department for Education withdrew £900k of funding for St Luke’s Healthy Living Centre in Southend less than a year …

Growing Together mental health garden, Southend

Funding has been cut for the Growing Together mental health project in Southend. Growing Together, which is run by the Trust …

Colchester Borough Council staff

Colchester Borough Council is cutting 100 jobs as a result of funding reductions. Overall, the council expects to lose a tenth …

Colchester Arts Centre

Colchester Arts Centre is losing 14.9 percent of its Arts Council funding between 2011 and 2015, including an £8k cut in …

Mercury Theatre, Colchester

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester is facing a 14.9 percent funding cut from the Arts Council between 2011 and 2015, including a …

Foxgloves children’s care home, Bedford

Bedford Borough Council is planning to close Foxglove Children’s Home, the only service in the county that offers respite care …

Rough sleeping and homelessness prevention advisors

The government decided to axe its rough sleeping and homelessness prevention advisors in July 2010. The eight advisors helped …

Northamptonshire Casualty Reduction Partnership

Northamptonshire’s Casualty Reduction Partnership, a road safety team, is suffering major funding cuts that will force it to …

Middle Street Resource Centre mental health day support

Nottinghamshire County Council has been consulting on the closure of all three of its mental health day support centres, …

Boundary Resource Centre mental health day support

Nottinghamshire County Council has been consulting on the closure of all three of its mental health day support centres, …

Rokerfield Resource Centre mental health day support

Nottinghamshire County Council has been consulting on the closure of all three of its mental health day support centres, …

Nottinghamshire Council children’s services

Nottinghamshire County Council agreed severe cuts to children’s services on 14th July 2010, including: * a massive 85 percent …

Kingsthorpe Corridor

On 13th July 2010 Northamptonshire County Council pulled the plug on the Kingsthorpe Corridor highway improvement scheme, which …

Lincolnshire County Council job cuts 2009-10

Lincolnshire County Council reduced its workforce by the equivalent of 77 full-time staff between 2009 and 2010, falling from …

Boston Borough Council staff

Boston Borough Council reduced its workforce by the equivalent of 14 full-time staff between 2009 and 2010, falling from 256 to …

Lincoln City Council staff

City of Lincoln Council reduced its workforce by 44 between 2009 and 2010, falling from 830 to 786. 16 people were made …

South Kesteven District Council staff

South Kesteven District Council reduced its workforce by 41 between 2009 and 2010, falling from 730 to 689. The reduction was …

West Lindsey District Council staff

West Lindsey District Council reduced staffing by 34 workers between 2009 and 2010 - a cut of around 10 percent of total …

Lincolnshire Police

Lincolnshire Police will lose 70 uniformed police officers over 18 months from October 2010, as well as 80-100 support …

Lewisham Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service

This funding is used to support the delivery of services to meet the mental health needs of children and young people in …

Grant Substitution to Youth Service

The Connexions grant has been used as grant substitution for the Youth Services to make savings within its core work. The …

Lewisham youth offending service

A cut to funding for multi agency support to divert children and young people from crime and/or anti-social behaviour. Original …

Lewisham voluntary sector funding for young people

Funding projects supporting the delivery of services to children and young people in education and home settings. The original …

Lewisham supplementary schools

Supplementary Schools provide extra curricular activities to raise education standards at all key stages. They have a key focus …

Derbyshire public transport subsidies

Derbyshire County Council is consulting on ending train and community bus travel subsidies for members of the Gold Card scheme …

Burnley General Hospital casualty department

From 11th October 2010, Burnley General Hospital’s casualty department is no longer being staffed by a specialist Accident & …

South Essex NHS mental health trust

South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, which focuses on mental health, plans to cut its workforce by the …

Northumberland and Tyne and Wear NHS mental health trust

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, which focuses on mental health, plans to cut its workforce by the …

North Staffordshire NHS mental health trust

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 460 full-time staff between …

South West Yorkshire NHS mental health trust

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut its workforce by just over 200 full-time equivalent staff …

Kent and Medway NHS mental health trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, which focuses on mental health, expects to cut its workforce by the …

Gloucestershire NHS mental health trust

2gether NHS Foundation Trust, which focuses on mental health in Gloucestershire, expects to cut its workforce by the equivalent …

Leicestershire NHS mental health trust

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, which focuses on mental health, plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 350 …

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS mental health trust

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on proposals to cut its workforce by the …

South London NHS mental health trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which focuses on mental health, is cutting the equivalent of 150 full-time …

Nottinghamshire NHS mental health trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which focuses on mental health, plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 670 …

Cornwall NHS mental health trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut its workforce by the equivalent of almost 80 full-time staff between …

Norfolk and Waveney NHS mental health trust

Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 85 full-time staff …

Cheshire and Wirral NHS mental health trust

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut its workforce by the equivalent of 220 full-time posts - more …

Derbyshire NHS mental health trust

Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust expects to cut staffing levels by the equivalent of 400 full-time staff - 18 …

A1 Leeming to Barton

The government cancelled the northern section of the A1 Dishforth to Barton road scheme in its October 2010 Spending …

Grove Park library

Grove Park library is threatened with closure as part of Lewisham council’s proposed five library cuts. Services include: - IT …

A21 Flimwell to Robertsbridge

The government cancelled the A21 Flimwell to Robertsbridge bypass scheme in its October 2010 Spending Review. The proposed …

Hammersmith and Fulham community law centre

The Hammersmith and Fulham community law centre had 100% of its funding cut in the council’s 2010 voluntary sector funding …

A19/A189 Moor Farm Junction

The government cancelled the proposed improvement works at the A19/A189 Moor Farm Junction near Dudley in its October 2010 …

Crofton Park library

Another popular Lewisham library that is earmarked for closure. Local councillors and community have been campaigning hard to …

Sydenham library

Popular library with extra services like Opening Doors advice and training services for job seekers. Also has: Free computers …

A21 Kippings Cross to Lamberhurst

The government cancelled the proposed A21 Kippings Cross to Lamberhurst road improvement project in its October 2010 Spending …

Blackheath library

Blackheath library is one of five Lewisham libraries marked for closure. This is a popular library with: - a wide library …

A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton

The government cancelled the A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton highway project in the October 2010 Spending Review. By the …

New Cross library

As part of a comprehensive package of cuts, Lewisham Council is proposing to close five libraries, including New Cross. …

Leeds NHS mental health trust

Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut the equivalent of around 258 full-time posts from 2010-13, including …

Calderstones NHS mental health trust

Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust plans to cut the equivalent of 126 full-time positions from 2010-13, around half …

2gether NHS mental health trust

2gether NHS Foundation Trust expects to cut the equivalent of 217 full-time staff from 2010-13 - 14.2 percent of its total …

Hounslow Building Schools for the Future

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hounslow after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Hillingdon Building Schools for the Future

Twelve school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hillingdon after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Hertfordshire Building Schools for the Future

Seven school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hertfordshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Havering Building Schools for the Future

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Havering after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Hartlepool Building Schools for the Future

Six school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hartlepool after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Hampshire Building Schools for the Future

Nine school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hampshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Hammersmith and Fulham Building Schools for the Future

Thirteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Hammersmith and Fulham after Michael Gove axed the national …

Halton Building Schools for the Future

Ten school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Halton after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Greenwich Building Schools for the Future

Four school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Greenwich after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Gateshead Building Schools for the Future

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Gateshead after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Essex Building Schools for the Future

Eighteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Essex after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Enfield Building Schools for the Future

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Enfield after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Ealing Building Schools for the Future

Sixteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Ealing after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Durham Building Schools for the Future

Fifteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Durham after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Barking and Dagenham Building Schools for the Future

Ten school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Barking and Dagenham after Michael Gove axed the national …

Dorset Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

One school rebuilding project cancelled in Dorset after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on 5th July …

Doncaster Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Twenty two school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Doncaster after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Devon Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Four school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Devon after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Derbyshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Six school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Derbyshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Derby Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Fourteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Derby after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Darlington Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Seven school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Darlington after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Cumbria Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Six school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Cumbria after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Croydon Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Two school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Croydon after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Coventry Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Twenty one school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Coventry after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Cornwall Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Six school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Cornwall after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Camden Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Twelve school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across

Buckinghamshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Buckinghamshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Bromley Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

One school rebuilding project cancelled across Bromley after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on 5th …

Brighton & Hove Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

One school rebuilding project cancelled across Brighton & Hove after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Brent Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Four school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Brent after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Bradford Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Eighteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Bradford after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Bournemouth Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Three school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Bournemouth after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Bolton Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Seven school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Bolton after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Blackpool Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Ten school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Blackpool after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Birmingham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Thirteen school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Birmingham after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Bedford Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Twelve rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Bedford after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Barnet Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Six school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Barnet after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital

The government scrapped plans for a new ‘super hospital’ on Teesside in June 2010. The £460m 660-bed project in Wynyard Park, …

Support for vulnerable young people in Lewisham

Lewisham Council has implemented a number of cuts in support for young people with health issues or not in education, …

Portsmouth Building Schools for the Future

11 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled in Portsmouth after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Winchelsea School (Poole BSF programme)

Plans to build new premises for Winchelsea special school were cancelled after Michael Gove axed the Building Schools for the …

Montacute Special School (Poole BSF programme)

Plans for new and expanded premises for Montacute Special School were cancelled after Michael Gove axed the Building Schools …

Peterborough Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Nine school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Peterborough after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Plymouth Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Three school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled in Plymouth after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Liverpool Building Schools for the Future

25 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Liverpool after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Lincolnshire Building Schools for the Future

Seven school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Lincolnshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Lancashire Building Schools for the Future

Ten school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Lancashire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Oxfordshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Five school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Oxfordshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Oldham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Eight school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Oldham after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Nottinghamshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

11 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Nottinghamshire after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Nottingham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Nine school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Nottingham after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

Lambeth Building Schools for the Future

Eight school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Lambeth after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Kirklees Building Schools for the Future

22 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Kirklees after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Bedlingtonshire Community High School (Northumberland BSF)

Work on building new premises for Bedlingtonshire Community High School was cancelled after Michael Gove axed the Building …

Kingston-upon-Thames Building Schools for the Future

Three school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled in Kingston-upon-Thames after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

North Tyneside Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

11 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across North Tyneside after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding …

North East Lincolnshire Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Eight school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across North East Lincolnshire after Michael Gove axed the national …

Norfolk Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Four school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Norfolk after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Newham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

14 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Newham after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Luton Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

Ten school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Luton after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Kent Building Schools for the Future

40 school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Kent after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme on …

Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Accident & Emergency

The A&E service at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, in Welwyn Garden City, will be replaced by a centre likely to be staffed by GPs …

Newark Hospital casualty unit

Newark Hospital is seeing its casualty unit downgraded, with all emergency medical admissions diverted 20 miles away from April …

Maidstone Hospital maternity services

Maidstone Hospital in Kent will permanently lose consultant-led maternity services in 2011

Mid-Ulster Hospital Accident & Emergency

The Accident & Emergency unit at Mid-Ulster Hospital in Magherafelt, Londonderry, closed in May 2010 and has been replaced with …

Whiteabbey Hospital Accident & Emergency

The A&E unit at Whiteabbey Hospital in Newtownabbey closed in May 2010, and has been replaced with a minor injury unit

Sandwell General Hospital maternity services

Sandwell General Hospital in Birmingham will permanently lose consultant-led maternity services in 2011

Sefton Building Schools for the Future

Nine school rebuilding and ICT projects cancelled across Sefton after Michael Gove axed the national schoolbuilding programme …

Benefits for disabled people

New research undertaken by Demos, and funded by Scope and the Barrow Cadbury Trust, has found that the Government’s proposed …

Newport Passport Office

PCS have today been informed that the passport office in Newport, South Wales (and the majority of the agency’s interview …



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Councils' body says cuts threaten home care for elderly

Virtually all" councils in England and Wales could be forced to end home help for elderly and disabled people, the Local Government Association has said.
The LGA, which represents 422 authorities, has warned MPs budget cuts may result in services being restricted to those with "critical" needs.
A £3bn funding shortfall could affect people with dementia, Parkinson's disease and diabetes, it said.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said it was "wrong to scare people".
But shadow health minister John Healey said: "This shows you cannot make big budget cuts without big consequences".
The LGA's warning to MPs came in a written submission.
A LGA spokesman told the BBC that "virtually all" councils would be affected.

Yes it is wrong to scare people, perhaps you would like to tell that to 94 year old Wilfred Hardy (See below) because it is your government's cuts that are scaring people to the point they are now wishing they were dead!

Read The Full Story: Councils' body says cuts threaten home care for elderly
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'I'd be better off dead,' says OAP
Wilfred Hardy (pic: SM)
A war veteran of 94 has been told his “lifeline” carer is being taken away in a heartless decision that should leave Chancellor George Osborne ashamed of his brutal cuts.
Wilfred Hardy – who has a heart condition and can walk only short distances with a stick – was ­assessed by doctors and approved for a carer by his local council after he suffered a stroke in 2008.
He relies on his carer’s daily visits, for as well as looking after him she is his only real contact with the outside world.
But last week he was told that town hall bosses – struggling to balance the books after Osborne announced 28 per cent cuts for local councils – are axing his care.
Wilfred took part in daring air and sea rescue missions while posted to the hostile deserts of North Africa during World War Two.
He helped save the lives of dozens of his RAF comrades who were shot down in Sudan. And he faced death many times when their positions were bombed by the Italians.
But now he has been left devastated and fearful after being deprived of the vital service.
Wilfred, a grandfather of 10, said tearfully: “Having a carer was my lifeline – now they’ve taken it away what have I got? I feel the best thing to do now would be to kick the bucket.
“I spent the three years in the desert fighting for this country and I’ve worked hard all my life, and this is the thanks I get from David Cameron and George Osborne.”
Wilfred told how he was given ­council-funded care after becoming ­increasingly frail. He said: “I can’t walk very far and sometimes I have to stop people and ask them to help me if I can’t carry on – I’m always falling over.
“The hospital said I should have a carer and the council approved it. I had a young lady called Natalie coming in, sometimes twice a day, and she was fantastic – she would make a wonderful nurse.

Watch and Listen To Wilf Telling His Own Story!
"She would make me something to eat, put the rubbish out or just help with anything I need.

Wilfred’s former carer Natalie Temple, 24, who recently left her job with a private nursing agency, said: “The council’s decision is scandalous. Wilfred gets very short of breath so things like housework are exhausting. Trying to get the Hoover out nearly kills him.
“He can’t cook for himself very well – he drops things if he tries to get them from the oven. It’s a miracle he hasn’t been scalded.
“And he is he is very unsteady on his feet and has had a lot of falls. If he didn’t have someone coming in regularly I would worry that if he fell it would be days before he was found.”
Wilfred had been a 23-year-old ­technical officer with the RAF’s 223 Squadron stationed in Kenya when the war broke out in 1939.
He served across North and East Africa until 1942 – playing in the Air Force football team – and, after a year back in the Midlands, was sent back to the front until the war ended in 1945.
He said: “It was really tough – I had malaria and men were dying from dysentery.
“In one battle in Sudan the Italian army over-ran us. That was probably the ­closest I came to death.”
After the war Wilfred worked until retirement. He spent 24 years with the Post Office and for banks, British Aerospace and as a welder. He briefly moved to Cornwall after suffering a heart attack aged 58, but returned to London to find work with wife June. He split with June 20 years ago and rarely sees his children – he lives alone in Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
Tory-controlled Herts County Council had already ­announced cuts of £150m, including £23m to care for the elderly and disabled, before George Osborne’s crushing ­spending review. Council bosses have now been ­ordered to save another 28pc over four years.
A council spokesman said they stood by their decision to take away ­Wilfred’s carer ­according to “fair access to care” criteria. He said: “Mr Hardy is a ­remarkably resilient person who, despite his 94 years, is able to live in his own home.
“He has been given and will continue to get the support he needs. He lives in sheltered accommodation with a scheme manager on hand.”


Source - Read more: The Sunday Mirrror
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Chancellor to face questions over child benefit reform plans


George Osborne's welfare review
'a laundry list of cuts that penalise
the vulnerable and the working poor'
Treasury committee to hear from George Osborne and Danny Alexander as adviser says changes are 'administrative burden'
The questioning, by a Commons committee, will come after warnings that the government will struggle to fully implement the government's flagship policy to withhold £1,700 in child benefit annually from higher rate taxpayers.
Attention has turned to how the government will enforce the policy after a report on Thursday suggested Treasury officials believe the rule change to be "unenforceable" because it relied on one earner being forced to declare each other's earnings.
Andrew Tyrie, the committee's chair and Conservative MP for Chichester, said: "No doubt we will want to examine the workability of the proposals on child benefit – a number of experts have challenged the scheme on a number of plausible grounds. We now need to look at those carefully and check that the Treasury examined the issues closely in designing the scheme."
On Wednesday, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, will appear before the Treasury committee, followed by chancellor George Osborne on Thursday.
Yesterday, in Brussels, David Cameron said he did not "predict a problem" in implementing the changes.
The Treasury insist the change has been stress-tested, confirming this morning that those higher earners who did not give up their child benefit would face a civil fine, to be stipulated by forthcoming parliamentary legislation.
All 4 million higher rate taxpayers are to receive a letter from the exchequer asking whether their partner receives child benefit. Higher rate taxpayers who use the self-assessment system will be required to tick a box declaring the benefit and will then be taxed at a higher rate to recoup the cost.
Those who are taxed through the pay-as-you-earn system will be asked to declare the benefit, putting them in a different tax code. The benefit will then be recouped in the following tax year.
But those ranged in opposition to the change threw up a myriad situations in which couples would end up being fined should one spouse not know the full financial affairs of the other or should the couple temporarily separate.
Tax expert John Whiting, who was appointed director of the Office of Tax Simplification by the chancellor, warned that clawing back the cost of the benefit from higher rate taxpayers through the tax system would be "intrusive" and involve lots of form-filling.
It would also be "an administrative burden" that would "make a dent" in the estimated £2.5bn in savings the Treasury claims the change will bring, Whiting added.
A Tory MP and expert on taxation Ian Liddell Grainger – chair of the all party parliamentary group on taxation – said yesterday morning the move would be "virtually unenforceable" until HMRC was able to process real-time information.
Though he was not criticising the intent behind the policy he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "One of the big difficulties the government has got is that the system they have got is not a real-time system and therefore this is going to be virtually unenforceable."
"If your circumstances change they will not be able to enact it in real time. The ramifications for getting it wrong are enormous for the taxpayers and the citizens of the UK.
"Why is the citizen going to volunteer the information? Because it's not going to be worth their while, there's no guarantee it can be enacted and people want their privacy respected."
Liddell-Grainger highlighted recent problems with the PAYE system, with millions of taxpayers wrongly taxed, saying: "If we can't get PAYE right, we are not going to be able to do this."
Since 90% of child benefit is paid to mothers, who are under no legal obligation to tell the father they receive it, newly-divorced mothers face having to ask any new partner to declare their tax status.
Shadow chancellor Alan Johnson wrote to the chancellor asking for the "significant confusion" around who would be hit to be cleared up. He asked whether a single mother has to spend a certain number of nights with a new partner before his tax status meant she lost her right to child benefit; would the answer vary if the nights were spent in her property or his?
He said: "We already knew that your plans were unfair. But what has been increasingly clear is that the plans simply haven't been thought through. The result is the significant confusion we are now seeing about what this policy means in practice."
Further possible consequences included a mother of two whose older child becomes a higher-rate taxpayer while living at home having to forgo the benefit as well as the possibility of a single mother who moves back in with her parents – one of whom earns above the threshold or with a sister whose husband pays higher rate tax.
A Treasury spokesman said: "Withdrawing child benefit from higher rate taxpayers will be done through existing systems and processes. The tax system already asks higher rate taxpayers for information about things like interest received on savings accounts, in order to ensure the right amount of tax is paid. This is just an additional piece of information HMRC will ask for and it will be the higher rate taxpayer's responsibility to report it to HMRC."

Source:  The Guardian


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Cuts To Military Are Security Risk

Britain's security is going to be put at risk because of this insane government's cuts. We have mediocre clueless ministers and apparatchik military chiefs rushing headlong into cutting, it is as if they are trying to outdo  eachother on toughness, the whole situation is reaching dizzy heights of "ludicrousocrity". Cutting like this is only going to expose us to terrorist attacks, cutting the police will do the same and for what? You cannot run the country's finances as you would a household budget, cutting expenditure in our own budgets may bring about the desired results, however, cutting spending like this in the country's finances at a time like this, is a recipe for total disaster.


Josef Stiglitz
Leading Economist
Condemns Osborne's Austerity Measures

Do not take my word for it read what the world's leading economist has to say about it Josef Stiglitz 



A decision by the economical fool of a court jester George Osborne to cut the defence budget by up to a fifth may mean our forces capacity to do their jobs even on current levels is seriously compromised.
Vast numbers of troops, tanks, fast jets, and even two new aircraft carriers face the axe as a result of Osborne's measures. This will lay our country wide open to attack from terrorists, if before we had a heightened security risk, once these cuts bite, that risk is going to be hugely increased many fold.

Tory Jetser
The Economically Illiterate
George Osborne

All this from the Conservative party that criticised the last government for not doing enough? Don't forget to add into this that shortly after winning the election, David Cameron visited the troops on operations in Afghanistan and told a carefully selected troop that he was going to increase their "Operational Allowance" to much cheering, however, what Cameron FAILED to tell them at the time that he was going to freeze their pay for two years, freeze their family allowances and CUT their child tax credits, so any of them with families would be infinitely worse off.
"Planned cuts in military spending are so deep they could jeopardise troop operations, MPs warn today, adding that the strategic defence review is being conducted so quickly that serious mistakes will be made".





Further Reading:

Leading Economist and Nobel Prize Winner:  Josef Stiglitz





                               Saturday 11th September 2010                             


Nick Clegg faces revolt over ‘brutal’ Bill to cut civil service pay-offs

Nick Clegg suffered his biggest backbench revolt yet when eight Liberal Democrat MPs refused to back rushing through a Bill to cut redundancy pay for civil servants.
Rebels Martin Horwood, Alan Reid, Roger Williams, Bob Russell, Mike Hancock, Annette Brooke and David Ward voted with Labour against the timetable for the Superannuation Bill while senior backbencher John Thurso also told the Commons he would not support the legislation.

Nick Clegg The Prime Minister's
Dumb Waiter

More Lib-Dems voiced concerns over the proposed cuts in redundancy pay-outs, including John Pugh — who warned against “managerial brutalism” but stopped short of joining the revolt.

The Liberal democrats should "get real"! They are supposed to be curbing the excesses of their Tory masters, in fact they have yet to disagree and stop one of their insane cuts, along with the Tories, the Liberal Democrats are pulling this country and its people to utter ruin. We have a government of naive moronic idiots, whose only claim is they went to decent schools because their parents could afford it. Obviously going to expensive schools doesn't make people clever as these three morons are showing.
They are not fit to run this country, they are naive at best and at worse they are totally and utterly imbecilic.

When the coalition government is brought down, the Liberal Democrats will be taking the punishment for it, they have completely sold out the people of this country, this is not new politics, it is old one thousand times worse that Thatcher politics and people are not going to forget what these moronic idiots are doing to this country.

They are seeking to rush through parliament a bill that actually reneges on the contracts signed by civil service workers, it is completely unfair. The government have gone blundering in wanting to sack over a million people and they do not even want to allow them to go away with what they are entitled to. If they want the goodwill of the unions and the people this is a really funny way of going about it.

Source:   This Is London




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                    Thursday 9th September 2010                          

Welfare spending to be cut by £4bn, says George Osborne

The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne has told the BBC.  
Gideon [George] Osborne Doesn't he Make
 Your Guts Churn?
Who the hell does George Osborne little shit think he is? How dare he? He says the people of this country understand and have chosen this action, no they have not, he hasn't asked them, he has not asked me and this God forsaken lousy millionaire toff government have NOT got a mandate to do this.
Osborne went on about lifestyle choices and he said that people who make this choice as opposed to someone going out and "desperately looking for work" how will he know? AND WHERE ARE THE JOBS? Who is going to employ someone who has been out of work for years, with little or no skills? No one, there are NO jobs this bloody government have seen to this. Osborne is pushing and EXTRA over 1.3 MILLION people out of their jobs in the public sector, there are no jobs, where are all these people going to find work? This is going to hit the poorest in society the worse, there are going to be people losing their homes their jobs and whole families are going to be put out on the street, who is going to protect the children? Osborne is sacking social workers, he is sacking 45.000 police, who the hell is going to help the children of the unemployed? Who is going to feed, clothe them and keep them warm?
When did Osborne, Cameron and Clegg and Cable have to worry about money? They are all multi-millionaires, they have no idea what it is like to be us! I have worked hard all my damned life, my children have NEVER been unemployed, yet this little bastard millionaire is telling me that I will not be able to keep warm, or be able to feed and clothe myself and if my children lose their homes which they are buying and their jobs and businesses, there will be nothing there to help them, despite them paying all their taxes and nartional insurance?

This government is ruining our country, they are frightening and the more people stay silent, the more they are going to take from us, it is time to speak up!
We are not a country that goes in for action, but this time it is necessary!

The BBC understands discussions are continuing in Whitehall about whether it is possible to limit pensioner benefits - such as the winter fuel allowance, bus pass and free TV licence - without breaking Prime Minister David Cameron's election promise that he would preserve them.

This government have cut the Future Jobs programme, which has found over 10.000 real jobs for young people.
This government have cut public spending which employed people.
This government have axed the School buildings programme and the social housing programme, which has hammered the construction industry and last month the construction industry is what helped to give us stronger than expected growth.
This government have axed the Regional Development Agencies, which helped  promote and enable economic growth in England's regions by creating the conditions to grow businesses and by helping to create additional, better quality, higher-paid jobs.
This government reneged on a loan to Sheffield Forgemasters, which was promised this 2 years ago and NOT just 10 days before the election was called like Nick Clegg keeps lying about.
Hospitals and police are shedding staff, 45.000 police officers are to be sacked.

Perhaps the economically illiterate little rich kid could tell us just where these jobs are that he wants people to go and look for?

Far from reducing the welfare bill, this evil vicious government will end up INCREASING it, with 4 million LESS tax receipts coming into the treasury.

God Help Us and Protect Us From This Certifiably Insane Tory-Liberal Democrat government. We need to challenge the legality of this government in court!


Source:





                               Friday 10th September 2010                              

Royal Mail To Be Privatised or Sold

In A Production Brought To You by Vince Cable Someone Once Considered to Have a Soul
And a Brain

Another Disastrous Government Decision

The government is to go ahead with the privatisation or sale of Royal Mail



Business Secretary Vince Cable made the commitment after receiving updated recommendations from the businessman Richard Hooper.
His latest report says the universal postal service can only be maintained by an injection of private sector money and expertise.
The CWU trade union said the plan would devastate the postal service and lead to higher postal charges.

Yet another barking mad short sighted decision, just selling off for the sake of it, it is no longer the family silver the government is selling off, it is anything it can get its greedy coalition Tory hands on from great chunks of the British countryside right through to our Royal Mail.
If Vince Cable was a Mr Man, his name would be "Mr YesSiree"!
 He has lost everything he had about him which the electorate took to and liked, Cable and his string pullers Nick Clegg, David Cameron and George Osborne are going to be guilty of breaking up Royal Mail and selling the most profitable parts to their rich business leader and Tory voting, Tory Financial backing "friends".
Yes Mr Cable I agree with you, it is "gut wrenching and nauseating".
How can Cable say Royal Mail needs "private sector expertise"? There is absolutely nothing like Royal Mail in the private sector and there never has been, so how can the private sector have the expertise that Cable says Royal Mail needs?
Royal Mail is a service, does everything in this government do have to be run for profit? They are taking us back to the FAILED 80s and this is all going to fail and it is going to end in the tears of millions of ruined people and families in this country. We are heading for absolute ruin, this certifiably insane government have been told, but still they ignore the warnings. The Tories aided and abetted by the Liberal Democrats are taking an "unwinnable" gamble with all our jobs, businesses homes, schools, NHS and more, all our children's futures.

Royal Mail deliver to the remotest of places, which business is going to carry this on? Deliveries to these places and probably to villages etc will cease as they will be judged as not economically viable. In fact the whole letter delivery system will be judged as not economically viable and deliveries through our letter boxes will either be reduced to just a couple of times per week, or we will have designated offices we will have to go to, in order to pick up our mail.

Get ready for the start of this is our "Tory Liberal Democrat winter of discontent", postal unions will not go down without a fight and who can blame them?





__________________Tuesday 8th September 2010_____________

William Hague: Axing Small Embassies 'False Economy'


Mr Hague said it would be a "major error"
to make big reductions to the UK's overseas network
Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy", William Hague has told MPs.

The foreign secretary said the UK got "value for money" out of the Foreign Office (FCO) whose spending was less than that of Kent County Council.

The FCO accounted for just 0.3% of total spending and closing the cheapest 40 missions would save £2.5m.


_______________Saturday 4th September 2010_________________

Sandwell Conservative defects over schools cuts

Conservative councillor Elaine Costigan has defected to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme.

Elaine Costigan, is the Deputy leader of Sandwell Council, said the community had been treated with "utter contempt" and she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

Nine schools in Sandwell were told they would receive refurbishment money, only to be informed a day later the projects were being scrapped.

Source:

Read The Full Story and watch the video:   BBC News and Politics / Ms Elaine Costigan





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             How Many Cuts Will You Swallow?    28th August 2010      _    
Who's Lying Now Mr Cameron?
Tory and Lib Dem ministers warn that they may have to tear up some untargeted welfare promises such as the £4 billion spent on subsiding travel for the elderly, free eye tests, free TV licences and winter fuel payments, even though when in opposition David Cameron said he would not do this, when during the televised leadership debates, he called Gordon Brown a liar and a scaremongerer for suggesting this. These pledges were also enshrined in the Coalition agreement.
Will David Cameron Now apologise to Gordon brown for calling him a liar, while all the time it was David Cameron telling barefaced lies?
Defend you public services don't wait until its too late. Once your GP surgery, your hospital, your NHS Direct, your School, your benefits, your disability living allowance, your free bus passes, your free TV licenses, your free eye tests, your council house etc one they are all gone, they are gone, and most things  will never come back, even with the best will in the world, any new labour government will not be able to reintroduce many benefits and services that the Tories and Liberal Democrats are now destroying by taking an axe to them. It will be virtually impossible to restore many things that safeguard us and our families, our children or elderly parents/relatives in times of illness, sickness, inability to work, it will be too costly. Even if you do not claim benefit and are just living in your home going about your normal daily lives these cuts stand to effect you.
There may be something you can do to help, no matter how small it all adds up, help labour and your unions today, join the Coalition of Resistance Against Cuts, it's free and easy.

Other people are banding together to fight these cuts for the good of everyone in this country, they cannot do without your help. http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/

Unfortunately we are living in very dangerous times, but the real attack on our liberty and our very way of life does not come from terrorists, it comes from our government, who is turning out to be one of the most inefficient, bungling neo fascist right wing governments this country has ever seen!

Sources:

Coalition of Resistance: Coalition of Resistance Against The Cuts

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Coalition's New Cuts Hit the North ~ 30 June 2010

The coalition has launched another attack on the north by scrapping the agencies that boost regional jobs.
The Government said the work of the Regional Development Agencies, set up by Labour, would now Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) create sustainable economic growth across England, enabling local communities to fulfil their economic ambitions. Every £1 spent by RDAs achieves a return of at least £4.50 for regional economies. This increases to £6.40 when long term economic benefits are considered.
20 Jul 2010 ~ England's RDAs help 43,000 jobs to be created of safeguarded by inward investors
Sources:
The RDA:  Regional development Agency

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They Think This Is Funny

The Cuts So Far and Where The Axe Will Fall


The Elderly
Reviews Announced of

Winter Fuel Allowance  ~ Free Bus Passes ~ Free Eye Tests ~ Free TV Licenses
Forcing Elderly To Move Into Smaller Accommodation ~ Raising the age of retirement one year for men and 6 years for women

The Young

Sure Start-ask parents to pay top up fees ~ Child Tax Funds Axed ~ Family Allowance Frozen ~ Child Family Tax Credits Frozen and some households to be axed ~ School Buildings For The Future Axed
Free school meals for most vulnerable children ~ Literacy programmes for pupils with learning difficulties axed ~

Women
The Tory budget will hit women the hardest

Construction Industry

General
VAT The most regressive tax to Rise to 20% ~ VAT hits the poorest people the hardest ~ VAT will increase fuel ~ VAT Will force hauliers to increase their prices, this in turn will increase the prices we pay for goods in our shops ~ VAT will force up the prices we pay for goods

The Tory government aided and abetted by the Liberal Democrats, are trying to scare us into believe that these cuts are all necessary, that the country is bankrupt and we have to do all of this.

Do Not Believe Them - The Country is NOT Bankrupt - Expert Economists Agree These Cuts Are Way Too Far and Way Too Deep - The Government Is Using Fear to Scare You and Bully You and Intimidate You Into Accepting Them

This government have been repeatedly warned that if they continue in this fashion, they will cause a huge danger of the UK economy going into a "Double Dip Recession".
David Cameron, George Osborne and Nick Clegg, are breathtakingly arrogant at worse and naively arrogant at best. None of these men who are now supposedly running this country have ever had real jobs before, they are all born into money and to landed gentry and all went to the best schools eg Eton and Westminster. None of them know what it is like to worry about where the next couple of pounds is coming from to heat their homes and put food into the stomachs of their families. David Cameron and Nick Clegg's previous jobs were as *SPIN DOCTORS*, this means they are experienced in selling people things they do not want and do not need.

When they tell you that "we're all in this together" tell them 'no we are not'! They are not in this with us, they have no idea what it is like to live our lives, and more, they do not care. The Tory party hates the state, it is no secret that the Tory party always try and get rid of the state, that is our NHS, Schools, hospital and education, and they hate public sector workers, you can tell this by the way they have demonised public sector workers for having a job and then when they have made them unemployed they demonise them all over again because they do not have a job! The Tories can barely conceal their glee at being able to force decent hard working people out of their public sector jobs and onto the dole, where they will bully them into low paid menial jobs for a pittance of their usual salaries and if they refuse, then they will dock all or part of their benefits! Benefits they have probably paid into all their working lives without claiming. (If the Tories try this, there *WILL* be legal challenges).

When the Tories tell you, you must get a job, ask them where all these jobs are that people must get?

The Tories and the Liberal Democrats want to force you and your family out pf your home to another area if you cannot find work in your own area. Quite apart from the terrible psychological harm this could do to people, the government has not thought this through, this is just another knee jerk reaction from kids in government playing politics with real peoples lives;

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  • How will someone be able to just up and move their families?
  • Who will pay for new flooring and curtains if the old ones do not fit?
  • Who will pay for expensive removal charges?
  • How will a family struggling to survive afford to move?
  • Who will pay for plumbers to disconnect and reconnect gas appliances?
  • What about childcare? Many families depend on grandparents to provide this for working parents.
  • What about schooling for the children?
  • How will they be able to afford new school uniforms for the children?
  • What about older children in the middle of studying for GCSEs and A levels? They cannot just up sticks to go to a new school who will be in a different part of the curriculum.
  • What if the family has older children out at work, who will never be able to afford a place of their own, are they expected to just leave their jobs and move with the family, if not where will they live?
  • What if they cannot find work where the family is moving? They will have to claim benefit, so virtually nothing will be gained by forcing people out of their homes to find work

The Tories and Lib Dem plans are called are to force you to take either low paid part time work, or force you to work in the voluntary sector, Cameron calls this his "Big Society"!
Basically what this could mean is that on you lose your job on the Friday, attend a job seekers interview on the Monday and then could be sent back to the very same job you have just lost and be forced to do it for NOTHING and if you refuse your JSA (job seekers allowance) that you have probably paid into all your working life, will be withdrawn or reduced.

Ask yourselves would Cameron and Clegg and Osborne have done this?

Poor families will bear brunt of coalition's austerity drive, George Osborne's budget has been described  as 'clearly regressive' by the IFS (Institute Fiscal Studies) a respected fiscal thinktank. Osborne has said that the Treasury does not accept the IFS findings, but when in opposition David Cameron and George Osborne used the IFS as their bible and quoted from it all of the time, now the boot is on the other foot, they do not want to accept its studies. It is gross hypocrisy!

"In a direct challenge to Treasury claims that the package of spending cuts and tax increases announced in June was fair, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in a report that welfare cuts meant working families on the lowest incomes – particularly those with children – were the biggest losers.
The IFS said it had always been sceptical about Osborne's claim that the budget was "progressive" but added that this instant judgment had been reinforced by a study of proposed changes to housing benefit, disability allowances and tax credits due to come in between now and 2015"
No one is saying that the deficit should not be paid off, in fact if we still had a labour government and following their plans, over half of the the structural deficit would have been paid of within the life of the next parliament, yes some cuts would have been made, but not these unnecessary savage cuts that are going to ruin our industry and throw at least 1.3 million extra people out of work and force us into a double dip recession. Cutting now will harm the fragile recovery that labour handed over to the Tories, a recovery that was recovering faster and stronger, showing that labour had it right, now all we face is total ruin, ruin to our NHS, ruin our to education system and ruin to our police service.


Gideon [George] Osborne Wants You To pay!

The Tories and Lib Dems (Orange Tories)  are full of ideology and they are force-feeding their right wing agenda down the throats of the people, they are not only playing politics with our lives, they are going to affect the future of every single child in this country.

The poor, the sick, the young, the elderly, the disabled, the unemployed, the ordinary, nurses, cleaners, road sweepers, dustmen etc are all going to be forced to pay for what the greedy bankers did to this country, it was NOT the labour government, it was bankers and selling toxic loans and in the sub prime mortgage markets that cause this, in a global recession and who benefited out of this recession to the tune of millions of pounds in donations from Hedge Fund Bankers? Yes The Conservative party!
Many donors to the Tories were actually betting on banks failing and making billions of pounds out of us losing our businesses, jobs, homes and pensions and they donate some of this money to the Tories, who then turn round and try to force us all into another  recession and want to take everything away from us, making us pay instead of their Tory banker buddies.

Don't let them do it! Together we can stop them.

Sources:

Hard Facts Osborne/Tories Hit Poorest Hardest: Data Spreadsheet
The Guardian:   Poor families To Pay More