Action mapped out to fight threat to 300 Land Registry jobs

LOBBYING efforts are being stepped up to influence the potential privatisation of the Land Registry, which could affect 300 workers in Telford.

Telford & Wrekin Council has called on its two MPs, Lucy Allan and Mark Pritchard, to support its request to meet business secretary Sajid Javid to discuss the future of the Land Registry.

The request comes after the recent announcement that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued a consultation document relating to the potential privatisation of the Land Registry.

Cllr Shaun Davies, Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet member for business, neighbourhood and customer services, said: “We are concerned to hear the potential threat to these jobs at the Land Registry and the loss of a major and longstanding local employer who is core to a key and growing ICT/digital sector.

“We have been working very hard to improve the borough’s economy. Any loss of jobs linked to the Land Registry risks causing a talent drain from the borough and a reversal of the recent positive steps the borough and the business community have made in investing in Telford.”