Medway Council to cut 157 jobs

Medway Council is to cut 157 job cuts as it makes savings of £23m to balance the books in next year’s budget.

Cabinet members have been told the council’s funding is being cut by the government by more than 11%.

However council tax will be frozen and the authority said increases in fees and charges for services for the vulnerable would be kept to a minimum.

The council employs more than 3,000 people and 130 of the job losses were announced last year.

It has said front line services would be unaffected by the cuts, and it had gone through each department to identify many smaller savings, rather than looking at closures of major services.
‘Regrettable losses’

From: BBC