Currently sworn police officers are servants of the Crown, not employees, so they cannot be made redundant.
The "vast majority" of vanmaker LDV's 850 employees will be made redundant, administrators have said.
One in six or one in seven of the force may have to be made redundant.
Nearly 20 posts at the University of Bath could be made redundant as part of cost-cutting measures.
In a massive restructuring, almost one in ten of the firm's 250, 000-strong workforce will be made redundant by 2004.
Twenty three people will be made redundant when Dorset Enterprises, which makes deckchairs and garden furniture in Bournemouth, closes.
About three-quarters of the luxury carpet firm's 400 staff in Axminster and Buckfast are to be made redundant, administrators said.
This came after weeks of complaints that teachers would have to be made redundant because of miscalculations on government funding.
The company said that 50 staff would be made redundant this summer, with a further 100 leaving in the autumn.
Ross Gavey of Total Technical Solutions (TTS) said workers could be made redundant because the project was not running as planned.
The final episode of series two was left with a cliffhanger after Brent begged not to be made redundant from Wernham Hogg.
About 40, 000 workers are now likely to be made redundant by year-end.
Fifteen members of staff at Cheltenham College are to be made redundant.
It is understood that they were met at reception by staff from HR who told them they were going to be made redundant.
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He estimates up to 150 officers will not be replaced when they leave, and 100 to 200 support workers could be made redundant.
As crown servants police officers cannot be made redundant, but under the A19 regulation they can be retired on the grounds of efficiency.
Police officers cannot be made redundant but last month North Wales Police Authority met to discuss cuts which could see hundreds of job losses.
It has said that most of the 2, 400 staff will be made redundant, but that it hoped to transfer several hundred positions to other UK sites or partner organisations.
In September, some newspapers had reported that about 8, 000 soldiers would be made compulsorily redundant after Christmas.
It employs more than 500 workers, many of whom are former teachers, and like Becta, they still don't know who will be redeployed or made redundant.
Dan Stephens said fire stations could close, fire engine numbers be reduced and firefighters made redundant if there were any future cuts in funding.
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Speaking at First Minister's Questions, Alex Salmond said everything would be done to assist those made redundant.
He also hopes that some of the workers who were made redundant could be taken back on to be part of the skilled workers assembly line.
Brenda moved to Spain after being made redundant, thinking it would be "a good idea".
Unison branch secretary Chris Hanrahan, who represents civilian staff working at the force, said the union had been expecting further cuts and predicted civilian staff and police officer jobs could be lost on top of 100 staff already made redundant.
Those made redundant by the crisis will not be the only ones who leave their jobs in the next year or two.
She said the council was going to talk to those being made redundant to see if their skills could be taken to other manufacturers as there is "demand for skilled workforce in the West Midlands".
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There could also be some new measures to get redundant public sector land and buildings made available for housing development.
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The jobs will be shed mostly through voluntary redundancy, but 110 staff have been made compulsorily redundant.
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