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Council lose almost a third of staff in last decade, finds union analysis

by Alan Jones

COUNCILS across England and Wales have lost almost a third of their staff over the past decade, according to new research.

The GMB-commissioned study revealed that almost 600,000 council jobs had gone since 2012.

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