Ten per cent of public servants have lost their jobs since 2010, research from GMB shows.
The analysis of official data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals government policies have led to 631,000 job losses in the public sector since the general election.
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary for Public Services, said “These new statistics show the devastating effect of this government’s austerity cuts on total public sector employment with over 631,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis gone since 2010.
“In particular, some parts of the country that are most dependent on the public sector to support their local economies have been hardest hit. The tragedy is that the worse is yet to come. The Office for Budget Responsibilities’ forecast for net total public sector job losses during the lifetime of this Parliament means that the prospect for the next two years could be up to a further 400,000 job losses.
“The evidence on the ground supports this, with our feedback from the current round of council budget reviews for next year suggesting accelerating cutbacks. Last week Wandsworth Council announced a further £43m cuts from April to take total budget cuts to £70m bears this out.
“As a result, many communities in some of the most deprived regions will find their local economy in tatters. GMB representatives from around the country are reporting that public sector workers are fed up with being told they have to accept pay restraint and reductions to their terms and conditions to protect their jobs and their local services only to find that the jobs and services go anyway.
“With more attacks on the jobs and conditions in the offing GMB has called a national meeting of senior stewards for Friday 4th October to determine our response.”
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