MORE than 11,000 public servants face the dole queue in the seats of the North West’s five Lib Dem MPs.
A further 7,000 private sector jobs are also at risk if massive cuts in public spending are imposed.
And trade unionists have today appealed to the North West’s five Lib Dem MPs – the Lib Dem5 – to support the TUC’s call for a change of course.
Delegations from the North West TUC are meeting four of the five Lib Dem MPs in the Region to press the case against cuts in public services and the damaging knock-on effect on the private sector.
The meetings were happening on the eve of the Lib Dem’s Annual Conference in Liverpool on Sunday when party delegates will also face a mass lobby from angry trade unionists about their support for the Coalition’s ‘slash and burn’ policies.
The warning about job losses in Lib Dem seats came after an analysis of official figures by the North West TUC. It revealed the number of public sector workers in each of the five constituencies, together with the jobs lost from a 25 per cut in public services.
The analysis also revealed the knock-on effect on private sector jobs in each constituency and the total jobs lost in both the public and private sector per constituency.
Seat Public servants 25% cut Private jobs cut Total
Hazel Grove 4325 1081 692 1773
Withington 9421 2355 1507 3863
Southport 9743 2436 1559 3995
Cheadle 13,395 3272 2143 5492
Burnley 9189 2297 1470 3767
North West TUC regional secretary Alan Manning said today: “Our figures show the scale of the jobs that will be lost in Lib Dem seats if their MPs continue down this Coalition road to disaster.
“11,000 public servants will lose their jobs in these five seats alone, with a further 7,000 staff from the private sector dumped onto the dole queue as orders dry up.
“None of these Lib Dem MPs stood for wholesale cuts in public services at the General Election last May. They have no mandate for cuts – we all know that many people voted for them to stop a Conservative Government, not keep one in power.
“It is not too late now for Lib Dem MPs to change course and resist this ideological attack on public services and the people who rely on them.
“We would appeal to these MPs to support the union case for growth, rather than causing irreparable damage to local communities and the most vulnerable, as well as harming our economic recovery.”
Mr Manning will put the case against cuts in a series of meetings on Friday with Cheadle Lib Dem MP Mark Hunter, Withington’s John Leech and Southport’s John Pugh before the start of the Lib Dem conference and at a later meeting in the town with Burnley’s Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle.
Hazel Grove’s Andrew Stunell has yet to respond to the request for a meeting.
The LibDem5 are being deliberately targeted by trade unionists in the region as part of our ‘Proud to serve the public’ campaign.
They say the Lib Dem5 have no electoral mandate for the scale and speed of the cuts that David Cameron’s government are now embarking upon.
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'Proud to serve the public’ is a North West TUC campaign to protect and promote public services in our Region. We believe public services are a vital part of the North West economy. They create jobs, stimulate growth and... 
Fraser Nelson is just a biomtupus second rater. It's outrageous that people like him get so much of a voice in our political scene.