Essex County Council is modernising its information services and saving £32 million in costs.

The cuts are part of a wider job cull at the council, under the council’s transformation programme to achieve £300 million over four years, which may result in 429 redundancies.

“As part of our ambitious Essex Works: Customer First Transformation agenda, the Information Services Modernisation programme is set to deliver £32 million savings over the next five years through changing the way we deliver IT provision.

“This will require some reduction in the size of our IS team as well as changing the way ICT is used across the county. However, it is too early to provide specific details,” an Essex County Council spokesperson said.