'Council job cuts are killing communities' THE former leader of a Valleys Last night Anthony Chris- ; FormeLabour leader attacks policy

South Wales Echo › June 24, 2009

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THE former leader of a Valleys council has blasted the authority, claiming that its policy of making its manual workers redundant is destroying local communities.

Bill Murphy was the Labour leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council for its first three years in the late 1990s. Now he has spoken out about job cuts affecting workers such as community centre caretakers and park rangers.

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'Council job cuts are killing communities' THE former leader of a Valleys Last night Anthony Chris- ; FormeLabour leader attacks policy

He said: "I am appalled at what is happening. As someone who started as a manual worker myself, I have enor...

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