P-04-651 To Work to Protect Local Government When Determining the Budgets this Autumn
P-04-651 To Work to Protect Local Government When Determining the Budgets this Autumn
We
petition the Welsh Government to work to protect local government when
determining the budgets this Autumn.
Help
protect the services we all rely on so much, services we need when we are
struggling the most. Help protect our jobs that we are so proud to do to within
our communities.
The
Welsh Government MUST find other options to consider, options that would have
considerably less impact on our local communities.
Additional Information
Further
budget cuts will devastate our communities. The services that local government
provide are vital to us all.
Further local government budget cuts will
devastate local jobs, services and communities.
As
an example:- Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is an authority that
faces some of the highest levels of deprivation in the UK. To manage the recent
£102 million budget cuts it has worked hard in a strong partnership with the
trade unions to avoid compulsory redundancies and outsourcing of services. The
cuts have had an effect on the services provided and the workforce.
Further
cuts could mean job losses, including those of front line services, and the
transfer of council services to the private sector. NPT UNISON has demonstrated
that outsourcing of services does not work in the long term. When private
sector companies are used, it results in disruptive, costly and sub-standard
service provision, with the loss of jobs and employees terms and conditions.
Petition raised by: NPT UNISON
Date petition first
considered by Committee:
Number of signatures: 196 Online signatures
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 10/09/2015