The government’s announcement of mandatory pooling of local government pension schemes certainly made waves, but, three years on, how are the new mega pools shaping up? Karen Day reports.
A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
Cressida Dick, head of the London Metropolitan police, said she was “extremely disappointed” by the government’s failure to fund a 3% pay rise that the Met and independent reviewers had...
Northern Ireland Assembly members’ pay will be cut until the country’s executive is restored, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has announced today.
Civil service unions have embarked on a legal challenge against the government over a failure to consult on their members’ annual pay rise, it has been announced.
NHS pay systems are outdated, inflexible and “frequently unfair” and should be reformed to motivate staff to perform better, the Centre for Policy Studies has argued.
MPs will receive a 1.8% pay rise for the coming financial year, raising the salary to £77,379 from April, the parliamentary standards watchdog has revealed.
Concern about public sector pay limits has focused on NHS and emergency service workers. But pay for more than a million school and council workers has been kept down for longer and it’s time...
