Brownlee blasts council pay-offs

Responding to reports that Glasgow City Council is to spend £13 million laying off managers, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth, Derek Brownlee MSP, said:

"Every council will have to reduce staff numbers, and voluntary redundancy is preferable to compulsory redundancy. However Labour run Glasgow City Council has questions to answer about the generosity of these payoffs.

"The Labour leadership on the council is responsible for creating the jobs they now say they can't afford. Voluntary groups in Glasgow have had funding cut, and council taxpayers face a rise in bills next year. It seems the only group Labour will look out for is highly paid public sector managers."

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