By Richard Whitehouse, local democracy reporter
Cornwall Council says it plans to cut 200 jobs - but hopes that none will have to be compulsory redundancies.
Details of the job cuts have been included in the council’s draft budget proposals for 2021-22 which the Cabinet today decided should be used as a basis for public consultation.
Council deputy leader Adam Paynter said that redundancies were not a decision “taken lightly” and said the council had been working with unions on the proposals.
He said: “We don’t want there to be any compulsory redundancies. We are planning to have natural turnover where people retire or move into a new job and not filling vacant posts.”
Cllr Paynter said that in a “normal year” around 160 people leave the council and that this would help with reducing the number of posts.
Cornwall Council is a resilient council, the deputy leader continued: he said that Cornwall was managing the financial uncertainty brought by the coronavirus crisis ’better than others’.
The local authority is falling short for its budget as it plans ahead for 2021-22. There are plans to raise council tax, although a final decision on the budget will not be made until February.