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Staff at a debt-ridden university are due to go on strike because of the ongoing threat of redundancy.

The University and College Union (UCU) said more than 100 staff would be on picket lines outside the University of East Anglia (UEA) campus on Wednesday from 08:00 to 11:30 BST.

The UEA revealed a deficit earlier this year that could rise to £45m.

The university said it was "working hard to support those impacted".

The UCU said its members could receive redundancy notices as early as next month.

The union's regional official Lydia Richards said redundancies could affect student induction in September and added: "Our members are on strike because they refuse to pay the price for a financial mess that management has created."

The UEA said in May it needed to reduce staff numbers by 113 people but said because of voluntary redundancy and redeployment schemes, the figure now stood at 48 people.

Compulsory redundancies have not been ruled out.

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