A survey predicting widespread job cuts in local authorities has sparked a political row with unions claiming Conservative-run councils are already reducing some services in spite of an increase in their central government funding. The survey carried out by the BBC found that 49 councils which responded to questions about jobs estimated losses of 25,000 over the next three to five years out of a combined workforce of 256,000.
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