Brent LBC is to slash 10% of its current posts, in an effort to save £50m by 2014. Chief executive, Gareth Daniel, addressed 200 of the council's top managers when he launched Brent's new ‘One council' action plan, and confirmed that 50 managerial posts were to be axed by the end of the year. A further 250 full-time equivalent (FTE) posts are set to go over the course of the next few years – one-tenth of the current workforce. The council hoped to keep forced redundancies to a minimum, but Mr Daniel warned these might not be avoided altogether. He said: ‘We have the tools to cut payroll and staff costs in an intelligent way, in a policy of planned workforce reduction over four years. We face tough decisions in order to transform into the type of organisation we have to become. ‘We must look, feel, and act more like a single organisation in future, ahead of our move to the new civic centre in 2013. Council staff will vacate at least 14 existing properties spread across the borough by 2013. Most staff will move into the new civic centre.
