The Express and Star report:

Wolverhampton City Council is preparing to axe 1,000 of its own workers as it tries to cut £98m from its budget.

Ruling Labour councillors have blamed the cuts on the coalition government for slashing their funding. But Conservatives say the authority should do more to use its own staff rather than bringing in costly outside help.

The total figure for agency workers and consultants over 22 weeks since April was revealed in a response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.