The lowest-paid workers at a city council could receive pay rises of over 9% this year as part of plans drawn up to help staff through the cost-of-living crisis.
The UK’s largest teaching union has said it will be “strongly encouraging” its members to vote for strike action if the government does not meet its demand for an above-inflation pay rise for all...
The forecast increase to the national living wage could mean councils have to cut services if they do not receive more funding from the government, sector leaders have warned.
Raising the state pension age from 65 to 66 pushed nearly 100,000 65-year-olds into income poverty, leading to calls for more support for people in their 60s to find work.
Local Government Pension Schemes should make a significant push to reform complex governance arrangements to offer a more joined-up and coherent approach, according to experts.
The three major unions representing council workers in England have requested a “substantial pay rise” this year to help mitigate the impact of soaring inflation on their members.
Government plans to cut the civil service by 91,000 jobs in three years are more drastic than those experienced at even the harshest point of austerity in the 2010s, trade unions have said, warning...
Public bodies could find it difficult to retain senior staff if the decade-long trend of sharper pay reductions at the top of the sector continues, an expert has warned.
Council workers in Scotland look increasingly likely to take industrial action if demands for a larger pay rise amid high inflation are not met, according to a union official.
Criticism over the lack of audit work carried out at Liverpool City Council has led the authority to create a new position for a chief internal audit officer.
The government has published statutory guidance seeking to restrict the level of exit payments made to local government employees above statutory or contractual limits.
A new procurement framework for Local Government Pension Schemes has been launched, with the organiser saying the ability for funds and pools to procure quickly and efficiently has “never been so...
A county council has decided to write off more than £2m in overpayments made to retired members of its pension scheme, saying to recover them would not be cost effective.
A Local Government Pension Scheme pool that handles assets for 11 local government pension schemes has launched a second series of its private markets programme, including a distinct climate-related...
The Fire Brigades Union and the Local Government Association have urged the government to stop dragging its feet over ‘pension justice’ for fire workers following the landmark McCloud...
The government aims to cut the number of civil servants and reform exit payments, as part of wider plans to deliver £5.5bn of savings, according to a senior treasury minister.
Public sector workers face a hefty average real-terms pay cut of around £1,800 pounds in 2022-23 as chancellor Rishi Sunak looks to protect his spending plans without raising taxes further, ...
A United Nations official acted outside of his powers in advising Local Government Pensions Scheme funds to divest from companies linked to the Israel-Palestine conflict, a legal group...
Local government pension schemes face tough decisions on ridding themselves of any Russian investments, according to the secretary to the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board.
Local government members of Unite are set to strike next month over an ‘unacceptable’ 1.75% pay rise, whilst other trade unions have accepted the offer.
MPs have approved changes to a public pensions bill, allowing the government to issue guidance preventing investments that conflict with defence policies.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme deficit fell by nearly 80% between March 2020 and January 2022, but officials warned volatile markets mean charting the right course remains a “challenge”.