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An employer's guide to public sector job cuts

Protests against budget cuts Photo: Charles Knight/ Rex Features

As the public sector attempts to cut its budget, many jobs have been put at risk of redundancy across the UK.

The Office of Budget Responsibility has cut 20,000 off its original forecast of how many public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 to 31,000.

Unions say the Government has an alternative option, to keep people in work to boost the economy. However, the Government says that the public spending cuts are needed to help the UK recover from recession.

Here you can find all the latest news and guidance on the public sector job cuts and see how services will be affected in your area with Personnel Today's public sector redundancy tracker.

 

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