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Birmingham City Council announces £600m of new cuts Birmingham City Council announces £600m of new cuts
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Bosses at Birmingham City Council say £600m of savings must be made by 2017, with £120m in the next financial year.Bosses at Birmingham City Council say £600m of savings must be made by 2017, with £120m in the next financial year.
Cuts of almost £62m to the Labour-run authority's 2012-13 budget were announced in February, with warnings that 1,100 jobs could go. Cuts of £62m to the Labour-run authority's 2012-13 budget were voted for in February with warnings that 1,100 jobs could go.
It is not clear if any more jobs are under threat as a result of the latest savings target. Council leader Sir Albert Bore said the authority was still looking at those job losses "over the next few years".
"This is the end of local government as we have known it," said council leader Sir Albert Bore. He said some of the council's services would have to be "decommissioned" completely to meet the savings targets.
The href="https://twitter.com/philmackie" >BBC's Phil Mackie tweeted: "Sir Albert Bore says there'll be no more 'salami slicing'." The council leader warned the authority could face an additional £60m to £70m of savings on top of the £120m for 2013-14, depending on cuts to direct government grants.
Labour took over the running of the council in May. He said he had written to Eric Pickles, the minister in charge of local government, for clarification.
In July, a report showed there was a £21m "black hole" at the authority after the first two months of the financial year. 'Different ways'
Sir Albert said: "This is the end of local government as we have known it.
"But this is not the end of local government completely. It needs to be inventive, it needs to find new ways to work with partners like public agencies, schools and the business community to find different ways to do this."
Labour took over the running of the council, the UK's largest local authority, in May from a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition.
The council said it would be holding several public meetings from next month over which services should go.
Sir Albert said there could be "no more 'salami-slicing' of services".
He added: "The extent of the cuts over the past few years and with more to come, we have to start decomissioning services.
"I am not looking forward to this but it has to be done."