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8 Oct 21
Pembrokeshire County Council’s leader did not have the “proper authority” to negotiate a £95,000 settlement to a former chief executive, according to an internal report.
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23 Aug 21
The Scottish government has been urged by unions to use national reserves to help fund an improved pay offer for local government workers.
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20 Aug 21
Public services union Unite is to ballot members in the first part of a process that could lead to strike action over a 1.75% pay rise offer.
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30 Jul 21
The average cost of workers leaving the public sector in England rose last year, despite Covid-19 reducing the number of redundancies, according to data compiled by local authorities.
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28 Jul 21
Trade unions are likely to recommend their members reject the final pay offer for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which one official has labelled as “scandalous”.
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4 Jun 21
A new consultation on guidance for special severance payments to local government workers will be published soon by the government, an expert told PF.
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24 May 21
Trade unions have rejected a proposed 1.5% pay rise for local government employees, labelling it “insulting”.
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8 Apr 21
Trade unions have dismissed a pay offer for Scottish local government workers as “a slap in the face” and are balloting their members on new action.
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1 Mar 21
The decision to delay the local authority pay claim for next year has been labelled a disgrace by three workers’ unions.
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9 Oct 20
Two experts face off over proposed changes to transitional arrangements relating to the 2015 NHS, Teachers, Fire Service, Police, Civil Service and Armed Forces pension schemes.
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25 Aug 20
Trade unions have agreed to a 2.75% pay increase for council workers this year, despite Unite workers voting against the proposals.
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17 Aug 20
Unite members have rejected a proposed 2.75% pay increase for council workers for 2020-21, which the union called “unsatisfactory and insulting”.
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12 Feb 20
A 10% pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is affordable and would benefit the government through savings on benefits and increased tax revenues, unions have said.
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7 Feb 20
The unions representing more than one million council workers have rejected a 2% pay offer.
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23 Jan 20
Local government employers have been accused by trade unions of delaying pay talks.
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31 Oct 19
Earnings have grown faster in Scotland than in the rest of the UK over the past year, raising hopes that the Scottish economy could be boosted by higher than anticipated income tax revenues.
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26 Jul 19
Civil servants in Northern Ireland are striking over a below-inflation pay rise.
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9 Apr 19
Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
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12 Mar 19
Redundancy packages for senior public sector workers are likely to be capped at £95,000, as the government seeks to implement the policy passed into law in the 2016 Enterprise Act.
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6 Mar 19
Local government workers in Scotland will see their pay rise by 9.5% over three years after a new deal was struck with employers.
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1 Mar 19
MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
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1 Mar 19
Local government workers account for more than half of public sector workers who are paid less than the cost of living, a charity has found.
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22 Nov 18
Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
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12 Oct 18
Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
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17 Sep 18
Local government workers in Scotland have been urged to accept a revised 3% pay deal in order to avoid job losses and cuts to services.
8 Oct 21Pembrokeshire County Council’s leader did not have the “proper authority” to negotiate a £95,000 settlement to a former chief executive, according to an internal report.
23 Aug 21The Scottish government has been urged by unions to use national reserves to help fund an improved pay offer for local government workers.
30 Jul 21The average cost of workers leaving the public sector in England rose last year, despite Covid-19 reducing the number of redundancies, according to data compiled by local authorities.
4 Jun 21A new consultation on guidance for special severance payments to local government workers will be published soon by the government, an expert told PF.
8 Apr 21Trade unions have dismissed a pay offer for Scottish local government workers as “a slap in the face” and are balloting their members on new action.
9 Oct 20Two experts face off over proposed changes to transitional arrangements relating to the 2015 NHS, Teachers, Fire Service, Police, Civil Service and Armed Forces pension schemes.
12 Feb 20A 10% pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is affordable and would benefit the government through savings on benefits and increased tax revenues, unions have said.
7 Feb 20The unions representing more than one million council workers have rejected a 2% pay offer.
23 Jan 20Local government employers have been accused by trade unions of delaying pay talks.
26 Jul 19Civil servants in Northern Ireland are striking over a below-inflation pay rise.
9 Apr 19Council leaders have defended council executive pay after a campaign group’s research found the average local authority in the UK had six employees on salaries above £100,000 in 2017-18.
1 Mar 19MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
22 Nov 18Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
12 Oct 18Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
