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One in four council jobs has been lost under Tory austerity

ONE in four council jobs have been axed or outsourced in the past decade as a result of austerity, a study by Unison suggests.

Staff numbers have halved in some local authorities, according to information obtained by the union.

Employment among 230 councils fell by 240,000 between 2010 and this year — a 25 per cent drop — according to data from freedom of information requests.

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