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Friday 14 February 2014

Public Sector jobs - austerity death toll reaches 40%

A new report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies confirms that the biggest cull of public sector jobs for at least 50 years will see vulnerable parts of the country suffering staff reductions of up to 40%. The study confirms that the reductions are already hitting hardest those parts of Britain with the weakest economic activity and greatest levels of poverty:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/14/public-sector-jobs-cuts-britain?CMP=twt_gu