UNION leaders say more than 70 civil service jobs are under threat.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union said at least 74 posts would go at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in York, as part of a scheme to privatise some of its work.
Graham Bowers, from the union's York branch, said Defra departments in York were under review and could be moved out of the city. He said: "Morale is very low. They are now just waiting for the axe to fall."
A Defra spokeswoman said talks were ongoing and no decisions had been made.
She added that Defra had always sought to avoid compulsory redundancies.
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