CCTV cameras will be left unmonitored across Worcester and the city museum moved into the Guildhall under a programme of massive council cutbacks unveiled.

Worcester City Council has announced more than 60 jobs – about 10 per cent of the entire Guildhall workforce – will have to go in the coming weeks as part of £4.3 million savings needed to plug its financial black hole.

Parks and street-cleaning budgets have both been cut, with council bosses admitting people will have to suffer a reduction in service.

The city’s tourism body, Visit Worcester, has lost its funding, as has Sansome Walk arts centre the Worcester Arts Workshop.

Elderly and disabled transport service Worcester Wheels will no longer be supported, and pensioners will lose their right to free bus travel during peak hours.

A city community centre has lost its maintenance grant and there will be cuts in the opening hours of city museums, art galleries and the Worcestershire Hub.

The cost of cemetery and crematorium charges will soar by a further 20 per cent, while savings will also be found by moving county youth services into the city’s community centres.

Guildhall chiefs have managed to avoid closures of major city facilities – such as community or leisure centres – in the biggest round of cuts seen in years.