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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs' pay slump
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2025
Chief executives’ advertised salaries drop below four-year inflation rate, The MJ’s data analysis reveals.
LEADERSHIP
'It's time to act'
By Dan Peters | 26 June 2025
More than seven out of 10 women feel there is not enough of a gender balance at the most senior o...
REORGANISATION
Sector brain drain warning amid reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2025
Local government reorganisation could lead to a sector brain drain, senior figures have warned.
PAY
Sector pay deals agreed
By Martin Ford | 23 October 2024
Unions have struck a deal with employers on pay increases for chief executives and the wider work...
PENSIONS
Caution needed around taxation of pensions
By Ian Miller | 26 June 2024
Any government contemplating reintroduction of the lifetime allowance should give early and maxim...
FINANCE
Chiefs: Sector can afford senior pay hike
By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2024
Council chiefs have insisted their pay settlement must match the award for local government staff...
HUMAN RESOURCES
EXCLUSIVE: 'Local government could face its own Ruth Perry case'
By Ann McGauran | 13 September 2023
Local government could face a tragedy similar to the case of the headteacher who took her own lif...
WHITEHALL
Legality of severance payment guidance questioned
By Dan Peters | 26 June 2023
The Local Government Association (LGA) has questioned the legality of statutory guidance governin...
FINANCE
Chiefs reject pay offer
By Martin Ford | 31 May 2023
Senior officers have formally rejected the ‘full and final’ pay offer tabled by employers.
PAY
Grievance forces Scottish councils to increase pay for chiefs
By Dan Peters | 03 March 2023
Scottish councils have been forced to axe the pay cap on chief executives after a successful grie...
FINANCE
Employers reject request for pay rise link between chiefs and workers
By Dan Peters | 23 February 2023
Local government employers have again refused to offer the same pay increase to council chief exe...
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