Up to 40 security guards at UCL could lose jobs under restructuring

Contractor says many of its staff rely on working 60 hours a week, but could see this reduced to 42 on average

Dozens of security guards at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities face losing their jobs, while many more are likely to see pay cuts of as much as £13,500 a year during the cost of living crisis, their representatives have said.

In the latest episode in the long-running fight by outsourced workers at University College London (UCL), the staff have been told that, with the risk of redundancy hanging over them, the roughly 260 existing workers would be expected to compete for around 220 remaining jobs, or leave.