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LGA scraps two-grade pay cuts as restructure redundancies to fall

The Local Government Association (LGA) has dropped plans to demote staff by two pay grades and scaled back redundancy proposals as part of its attempted restructure.

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By Dan Peters | 23 July 2026
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has dropped plans to demote staff by two pay grades and scaled back redundancy proposals as part of its attempted restructure.

An LGA spokesperson said it was now ‘expecting far fewer redundancies' than the 10% reduction in its workforce detailed earlier this year.

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