Redundancies
Woking to hire investment experts ahead of redundancies
Stricken Woking BC is hiring investment and property experts ahead of a round of redundancies.
EXCLUSIVE: DLUHC dials up LGA improvement pressure
LGA could be made to axe several reviews in favour of key areas, as plans for Oflog watchdog grow.
Council defends chief's controversial package
Hambleton DC has defended a controversial £225,000 redundancy package for its chief executive.
Sector split over finance settlement
Financial uncertainty has split opinion over whether local government should push for a multi-year settlement or another single-year deal.
Council offers all staff voluntary redundancy
Northumberland Council has offered all of its staff the option of voluntary redundancy as it attempts to rein in a predicted £12m budget overspend.
Exit cap signed into law
The £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments was signed into law last night and will come into force on November 4.
Confusion as exit cap voted through
The public sector exit cap was last night voted through the House of Commons, sparking avoidable confusion.
Union calls for redundancy consultation pause
Croydon LBC has been urged to pause its consultation on mass redundancies by trade union Unite.
Union in industrial action threat over large-scale job losses
Trade union Unite has warned it could launch industrial action unless Nottingham City Council removes its threat of large-scale redundancies.
Council bid to breach accounting rules
A request to the Government for a capitalisation direction has been made by Peterborough City Council.
Kirklees urged to invest in corporate centre
Kirklees MBC should invest in its corporate centre and streamline decision-making to support both members and senior officers, a corporate peer challenge report has urged.
EXCLUSIVE: Employers in pay rise redundancy warning
A pay rise of more than 2% ‘would be likely to result in redundancies,’ employers have warned.
500 jobs 'at risk' at Dorset Council
More than 500 employees at Dorset Council have been told their jobs are at risk.
Cost of Dorset redundancies to be recovered in 20 months
Nine proposed senior officer redundancies made as part of the creation of new unitary Dorset Council will pay for themselves in 20 months, it has been announced.
Burns faces possible redundancy
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s immediate past president, Andy Burns, is facing possible redundancy from his day job.
Rural Dorset councils to cut more than 200 management posts
Councils in rural Dorset are to cut more than 200 management posts, and the job losses could in time save between £6m and £8m a year.