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| Herefordshire Council jobs under threat if £30m cuts approved | Herefordshire Council jobs under threat if £30m cuts approved |
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| Almost 300 jobs could be lost at a council if cuts of £30m are approved later. | Almost 300 jobs could be lost at a council if cuts of £30m are approved later. |
| Herefordshire Council has made budget reductions of £21.1m over the last two years and needs to make further cuts of £32m over the next three years. | |
| Plans to cut up to 120 jobs this year had already been announced by the authority. | Plans to cut up to 120 jobs this year had already been announced by the authority. |
| Unison has called the planned cuts a "jobs massacre" and protestors were outside the council offices on Friday. | Unison has called the planned cuts a "jobs massacre" and protestors were outside the council offices on Friday. |
| The union blames the government's austerity programme. | The union blames the government's austerity programme. |
| The Conservative-led authority employs just over 1,000 people and said last month it had written to all staff informing them about the planned cuts. | The Conservative-led authority employs just over 1,000 people and said last month it had written to all staff informing them about the planned cuts. |
| If councillors vote in favour of further cuts, 290 jobs will be lost over the next two years. | If councillors vote in favour of further cuts, 290 jobs will be lost over the next two years. |