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Blackpool Council to cut 300 jobs

300 jobs will be lost at Blackpool Council in a bid to cut £25 million from its budget over the next 12 months.

Reducing staff numbers will save £10 million of the £25.2 million savings needed.

Town hall chiefs say another 100 jobs will be at risk the following year.

Since 2010, Blackpool Council has had to reduce its budget by £68 million, resulting in 759 workers losing their jobs, the total workforce now stands at 2,463.

Council leader Simon Blackburn said: “It is gut-wrenching to know that hundreds of staff have come to work today and will go home with an uncertain future through no fault of their own.

“I cannot imagine how they feel but they have my every sympathy, it must be a terribly upsetting time.”

“Unfortunately there appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel – services will continue to be cut and jobs lost.

“This will not go unnoticed by the residents of Blackpool, the businesses that operate here and the visitors who come to stay,” according to the Blackpool Gazette

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