Park ranger who won service award faces sack in £37m cuts

A park ranger has won an award for her services to the community from the same town hall that is making her redundant.

Lara Mifsud-Bonici, along with all 10 of her colleagues, has been told by Lambeth council that she is to lose her job as part of a £37 million savings plan.

This is despite the ranger being nominated by the public for the serving our customers well category in the council's Making A Difference awards. Ms Mifsud-Bonici said: "It seems the council is out of touch with what the public values."

Lambeth is facing £90 million cuts to its government funding over the next four years and has said that axing the park rangers services will save it £400,000.

The rangers are responsible for managing parks and open areas.

Councillor Florence Nosegbe said: "With 11 rangers over 65 parks, the service was spread too thinly. The challenging financial situation has forced us to review the service."