The new government announcements on cuts totaling over £6.2 billion will inevitably lead to job cuts in the midlands. We have already seen the announcement of further job losses in Coventry with the closure of Becta (The British Education Communications Technology Agency) responsible for the leading the development of technology for Schools.
The future of the QCDA (Qualifications Curriculum Development Agency) responsible for overseeing the curriculum, assessments and qualifications for the government is threatened with over 700 jobs at risk. Also now threatened is the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) formerly part of the LSC with 500+ employees.
These agencies, and the jobs within them, are doing work which would aid the recovery from the recession. Their loss will not speed recovery and will put hard working civil servants on the unemployment register.
Many of these jobs are based in Coventry, a city which the Regional TUC has highlighted as suffering particularly hard with a string of closures in the manufacturing, engineering and finance sectors in recent years.
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