Hidden liabilities totalling billions of pounds could be awaiting local authorities who have not fixed discriminatory pay policies, a lawyer at the centre of Birmingham City Council’s case has said.
New proposals to rectify discrimination introduced by 2015 reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme will cost employers £2.5bn, the government has estimated.
Prime minister Theresa May has launched an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end injustices that people experience, it was announced at the weekend.