A councillor at Shropshire Council has attacked the authority's controversial plan to rewrite staff terms and conditions as ‘breathtakingly appalling'.
Cllr Peter Phillips, a Liberal Democrat, warned the Conservative-led authority's plan to force through pay cuts of 5.4% if staff did not sign new contracts by September was heavy-handed and unnecessary. Shropshire sent 6,500 council staff a letter in February, asking them to agree to pay cuts as part of an austerity package – which could include plans to axe 500 posts – designed to protect frontline services. But, few staff have agreed to the deal and employees have now been warned the cut could be enforced this autumn.
