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4 Nov 16
Powers to set pay and conditions for teachers in Wales are to be devolved to the Welsh Assembly under plans published by UK government ministers.
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17 Oct 16
Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today face a court challenge from more than 60 women who say they are owed over £1.5m because...
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23 Aug 16
The wage gap between higher-educated women and men is the same as it was 20 years ago, an IFS report has found.
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23 Aug 16
The number of UK families living in extreme debt has risen to more than one million due to stagnant wage growth, including in the public sector, research published by the Trades Union Congress and...
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27 Jul 16
Wages have fallen more sharply in the UK than in any other leading economy following the financial crisis, an analysis by the Trades Union Congress has found.
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11 Jul 16
There is little evidence that the introduction of the National Living Wage in April has hit the employment rate of lower paid workers, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation.
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6 Jul 16
The Treasury has confirmed 1% average pay rises for school teachers and police officers in line with government limits, which chief secretary Greg Hands said was vital to protect public services.
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3 May 16
The Unite trade union has refused to approve the two-year pay offer for council workers, but acceptance from the other two officially recognised local government unions means the deal will be...
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27 Apr 16
The trade union Unison has decided to accept a two-year pay offer for council workers, becoming the second union to accept the deal from local government employers.
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22 Apr 16
Chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands has defended the government’s public sector pay policy, stating that restraint in wages is a key part of the government’s deficit reduction plan.
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21 Mar 16
Members of the GMB union in local government have voted to accept the two-year pay deal from council employers, the only one of the three main unions in the sector to do so.
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8 Mar 16
The Treasury has today confirmed that pay increases for public sector workers in the NHS and armed forces will be capped at an average of 1%, but prison service staff are to receive an increase above...
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4 Mar 16
Local government workers risk becoming the “whipping boy” for public sector austerity as a result of the pay offer from council employers, the Unite union has warned.
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25 Feb 16
Unison members in local government have rejected a two-year pay offer from council employers following a consultation, the union has confirmed.
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7 Jan 16
The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project managers within the civil service, which could include finance roles.
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9 Dec 15
Most council staff would receive a 1% pay rise in each of the next two years in a proposal published today by local government employers.
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3 Dec 15
With council pay negotiations set to begin, it’s time to reflect on deteriorating wages and conditions for workers in councils and schools.
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12 Nov 15
Whitehall spending on consultants, agency staff and interim managers has begun to rise again and the government should set a target to cut spending by 20% by the end of the decade, according to the...
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9 Nov 15
Almost 3,500 local government executives in the UK earned more than £100,000 last year, according to research from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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19 Oct 15
Will the national living wage fix Northern Ireland’s low-pay economy - or make matters worse?
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14 Oct 15
Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
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15 Sep 15
It will be challenging for local authorities to implement the National Living Wage rate within the funding constraints of the government’s 1% cap on public sector pay increases, the Resolution...
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3 Sep 15
Nearly a quarter of all employees are expected to benefit from the introduction of the new ‘National Living Wage’ rate from next April, according to a Resolution Foundation analysis.
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2 Sep 15
Cuts to benefits announced in the summer Budget will leave thousands of low-income households worse off next April despite the introduction of the “national living wage”, Unison claimed...
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25 Aug 15
Not every public sector worker can expect to receive the 1% pay increase pledged in the summer Budget, the chief secretary to the Treasury has revealed.
4 Nov 16Powers to set pay and conditions for teachers in Wales are to be devolved to the Welsh Assembly under plans published by UK government ministers.
17 Oct 16Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today face a court challenge from more than 60 women who say they are owed over £1.5m because...
23 Aug 16The wage gap between higher-educated women and men is the same as it was 20 years ago, an IFS report has found.
23 Aug 16The number of UK families living in extreme debt has risen to more than one million due to stagnant wage growth, including in the public sector, research published by the Trades Union Congress and...
27 Jul 16Wages have fallen more sharply in the UK than in any other leading economy following the financial crisis, an analysis by the Trades Union Congress has found.
11 Jul 16There is little evidence that the introduction of the National Living Wage in April has hit the employment rate of lower paid workers, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation.
6 Jul 16The Treasury has confirmed 1% average pay rises for school teachers and police officers in line with government limits, which chief secretary Greg Hands said was vital to protect public services.
3 May 16The Unite trade union has refused to approve the two-year pay offer for council workers, but acceptance from the other two officially recognised local government unions means the deal will be...
4 Mar 16Local government workers risk becoming the “whipping boy” for public sector austerity as a result of the pay offer from council employers, the Unite union has warned.
3 Dec 15With council pay negotiations set to begin, it’s time to reflect on deteriorating wages and conditions for workers in councils and schools.
12 Nov 15Whitehall spending on consultants, agency staff and interim managers has begun to rise again and the government should set a target to cut spending by 20% by the end of the decade, according to the...
9 Nov 15Almost 3,500 local government executives in the UK earned more than £100,000 last year, according to research from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
19 Oct 15Will the national living wage fix Northern Ireland’s low-pay economy - or make matters worse?
14 Oct 15Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
25 Aug 15Not every public sector worker can expect to receive the 1% pay increase pledged in the summer Budget, the chief secretary to the Treasury has revealed.
