Children's services, jobcentres and a hospital feel the squeeze

Job losses at jobcentres and children's services, plus, hospital voluntary redundancy scheme

• More than 4,000 job centre staff may lose their jobs over the next year, according to a leaked memo.

The Department of Work and Pensions employs 80,872 employees in the state-owned jobcentres, which will have to be reduced to 76,500 over the next year.

• Almost 1,500 posts are to disappear in children's services at Britain's biggest local authority, Birmingham, over the next year as managers look to find £13m savings.

• A job freeze and voluntary redundancy scheme at Addenbrooke's hospital, Cambridge, means up to 500 posts will be lost over the next 12 months, including frontline nursing roles. The NHS trust employs around 7,000 staff.

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