The Treasury has levied more than £500,000 in fines against two Whitehall departments following breaches of government rules on the use of off-payroll contractors
Labour’s job guarantee for young people will be fully funded for the duration of the next Parliament through a levy on bankers’ bonuses and a cut in pension tax relief, the party said today
The cost of local government pension administration could be cut in half through greater use of shared services and fund mergers, a government-backed pension firm has said.
A strike ballot of council workers over the decision by the Local Government Association to delay an annual pay offer until May now looks ‘inevitable’, trade unions warned today.
Public sector pensions are uncertain, unfunded and unsustainable and should be replaced with an individual contributory pension on a defined contribution basis, according to proposals from a Scottish...
The National Minimum Wage is no longer able to tackle low pay in the UK and must be reformed, with education, social work and residential care among the sectors where pay could be higher, an...
Academy schools face a £200m funding black hole as a result of changes to National Insurance contributions that form part of the government’s introduction of a single-tier state pension, an...
The Local Government Association has hit back at ‘unfounded’ trade union claims that it views the National Minimum Wage as the benchmark for council pay. Its comments came as the sides move into...
Free or more affordable childcare would boost the number of mothers in the workforce and help reduce the gender pay gap, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research
The Local Government Association has today said it will delay its pay offer to council workers until a decision has been reached on the future level of the minimum wage.
The number of people employed in some public services will fall by as much as 40% as a result of the government’s deficit reduction plan, an Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has revealed.
The National Union of Teachers has announced it will hold a national strike in England and Wales on March 26, in an escalation of its dispute with Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Three local government trade unions are today holding protests across the country to support their campaign to increase the pay of all council workers to the level of the living wag
People who rent rather than own their own homes are more likely to opt out of workplace pensions. This provides another reason to boost homebuilding and to think through the interaction of housing...
A committee of MPs has accused the Home Office of being ‘irresponsible’ for paying out more than £6.5m in staff bonuses in 2012/13 despite pressure to cut budgets across Whitehall.
The Wales Audit Office has today said both Carmarthenshire County Council and Pembrokeshire Council acted unlawfully in allowing senior officers to opt-out of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Government calls for the National Minimum Wage to rise to £7 an hour would improve the public finances through both lower benefit payments and higher taxation income, the Institute for Public Policy...
Reforms to the pension rules for outsourced public sector workers being introduced by the Treasury will lead to more private firms and charities bidding for government contracts, a report has claimed...
London boroughs have agreed a plan to merge £20bn of pension fund assets into a singe investment vehicle in a bid to cut costs and improve investment returns.
More than half of the cost of meeting the pay claim made by local government trade unions would be recouped through higher revenues for the Treasury, a study has found.
The communities and local government select committee has launched an inquiry into pay and rewards for senior council officers, which will examine how remuneration packages are decided.