Centrica has denied as “untrue” claims by the GMB union that it plans to shed 5,000 jobs at its British Gas subsidiary.
The union raised concerns on Thursday that Centrica was not keeping it informed about job losses, claiming it had seen an internal memo planning up to 25pc cuts to non-customer-facing roles.
Gary Smith, GMB national officer, said: “We have good reason to believe British Gas is planning to axe up to 5,000 jobs in its operations across the UK. Union members believe the cuts being planned are massive.”
The union recently announced that restructuring at British Gas was expected to lead to job cuts, but not on such a scale.
But Centrica categorically denied GMB’s statement, with sources saying that anything GMB might have seen was “historic”.
“This claim by GMB is untrue,” a spokesman said. “While we did remove about 300 non-customer-facing roles last year, we also announced the creation of more than 4,000 new roles.
“It is disappointing that the GMB has seen fit to tell the media, incorrectly, that we have plans to make major redundancies, as this will concern our employees.”
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