Thirty full-time staff and around 50 part-time employees attended lastweek's demonstration, organised by the Unite union, to highlight plansto cut the council's budget for youth services by up to 360,000.The move could see the loss of schemes for young people between 11 and24, including those aimed at helping teenage parents.
Unite says that the council is also issuing new contracts for youthworkers containing different terms and conditions, working hours andholiday entitlements.
The latest cuts come after the Conservative-led council cut more than300,000 from the budget of the Children and Family EducationServices department in March. This led to the closure of 32 after-schoolclubs and 23 summer play schemes, and the loss of 32 full- time jobs(News, 4 March).
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