We talked to Cllr John Cotton about spending cuts in children’s services. This is the result.
Birmingham children’s services staff cut by a third since 2010
A FOI request by Running with Scissors showed that since 2010, when the cuts agenda began, the number of people working at children’s services (without schools) was slashed by a third. Three years ago the headcount was listed as 9610 employees but nowadays, in 2013, there are 3000 workers less. This staff reduction is not based just…