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Council to lose 2200 in £100m jobs deal

Scotland’s largest local authority is set to pay out £100 million in redundancy packages after more than 2,000 people applied to leave under proposed cutbacks.

All staff aged over 50 at Glasgow City Council were offered early retirement deals in November as part of a plan to shed 4,000 jobs. So far 2,200 have applied to go and the council says losing them will save £65m a year.