Public sector cuts

Thousands of jobs at many Welsh local authorities may go as council's try to balance the books.

Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot councils have all told staff that hundreds of jobs are at risk and with a general election on the horizon, all political parties have agreed that cuts in the public sector are inevitable.

Last updated: 09 February 2010

The public sector is Wales' biggest employer so how will the Welsh economy cope?

Will we descend back into a recession as the unemployment levels in Wales rise?

Tonight on Wales@Work we discuss the public sector; is it too big and time for a cut, or an essential part of the Welsh economy?


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