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PAY
Unions call for 'urgent' pay talks
By Martin Ford | 29 May 2026
Trade unions have called for employers to come to the negotiating table after rejecting a ‘full and final’ from employers.
UNIONS
GMB members vote to reject pay offer
By Dan Peters | 28 May 2026
Members of trade union GMB have voted to reject a 3.3% pay offer from the Local Government Associ...
UNIONS
GMB branch secretaries to go on strike against own union
By Joe Lepper | 27 May 2026
GMB branch secretaries are to stage two days of strike action against their trade union over thei...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social workers in safeguarding warning
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: 'Engaged' Rowlands meeting LGA board members as she starts role
By Dan Peters | 19 May 2026
The Local Government Association's (LGA) interim chief executive Jenny Rowlands is meeting board ...
FINANCE
Crude reckoning
By David Blackman | 05 May 2026
In the wake of the Iran-US conflict councils could be hit by a surge in inflation, insecurity of ...
PAY
LGA fails to restore collective bargaining for coroner pay
By Martin Ford | 05 May 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has been unable to reestablish collective bargaining to ag...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: 'Illegal' deal to end Birmingham strike risks £200m equal pay bill
By Martin Ford | 30 April 2026
Birmingham City Council could open itself up to equal pay liabilities worth £200m if a proposed d...
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
'End in sight' for Birmingham strike
By Martin Ford | 27 April 2026
After more than a year of industrial action, Birmingham City Council’s leader John Cotton has tab...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale revealed
By Dan Peters | 16 April 2026
Morale among Local Government Association (LGA) employees fell dramatically during the year leadi...
UNIONS
EXCLUSIVE: Two unions reject pay offer
By Dan Peters | 14 April 2026
Trade unions Unison and Unite have both rejected the employers’ offer of a 3.3% pay increase.
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