Anti cuts campaigners are to lobby councillors tomorrow ahead of a meeting which is expected to see the second year of a £170 million two-year cuts package passed by Manchester City Council.

The two – year budget first announced twelve months ago has already seen almost 2,000 jobs losses, the closure of Manchester Advice, severe cuts to adult social care and end of the council’s own youth service. Council-run daycare is also to be scrapped over the next two years, although a hard-fought campaign by parents and the trade union Unite has seen the rescue of universal services in the city’s Sure Start Children’s Centres.

Other successful anti-cuts campaigns over the last year have included the fight to save Levenshulme Baths, and the temporary reprieve of the council’s skeleton benefits appeal service and services to help residents prevent repossession. More cuts are expected in the years to come however, with council finance officers expecting anything from £50 million to £80 million more cuts as a “best case scenario” between 2013 and 2015.

Mark Krantz of Manchester Coalition Against Cuts said protestors would be demanding answers from councillors as to “how far will you go?” He warned that the worst of austerity was still to come and forthright resistance was necessary, saying “there’s no alternative but to unite and fight the austerity measures and the cuts.”

The lobby will be held outside Manchester town hall on Wednesday 7 March from 9.30am