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REORGANISATION
Jumping the pay hurdle
By Graham Farrant | 30 July 2025
BCP Council has completed its transformation by delivering a long-awaited equal pay deal. Graham Farrant explains the journey to reach this point.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
By Lee Peart | 29 July 2025
The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as th...
UNIONS
Employers and unions agree pay deal
By Paul Marinko | 23 July 2025
Local government employers and the Unison and GMB trade unions have agreed a pay deal for the sec...
WHITEHALL
Employers double down on pay offer
By David Blackman | 16 July 2025
Council employers have unanimously reaffirmed their April offer of a 3.2% pay increase as ‘full a...
UNIONS
Hitting the strike button
By David Blackman | 16 July 2025
The three main local government unions have all rejected the employers’ pay offer. How strong is ...
REORGANISATION
Unitary achieves pay harmony six years after reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 15 July 2025
A deal to harmonise legacy pay and terms for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council wo...
WALES
Employers urged to better 3.2% pay offer
By Dan Peters | 04 July 2025
Trade unions Unison, GMB and Unite have written to local government employers urging them to bett...
POLICY
Job applications rise amid four-day working week trial
By William Eichler | 04 July 2025
The number of applications for jobs rose by more than 120% since South Cambridgeshire DC started ...
UNIONS
Unison rejects employer's pay offer, The MJ understands
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
Unison has rejected the employer’s 3.2% pay offer by a large majority but on low turnout, The MJ ...
PAY
Industrial action ballots expected after GMB rejection
By Dan Peters | 01 July 2025
Unions are expected to ballot their members on industrial action after GMB joined Unite in reject...
PAY
Unite members reject pay offer
By Dan Peters | 24 June 2025
Council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are members of union Unite have overwh...
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- Lambeth to slash senior management to help plug £84m funding gap
- Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
- Council fired officers after overspend concerns
- Rising to the rough sleeper challenge in Peterborough
- 'Lack of understanding' in Government on social care, says LGA chief
Director of Children’s Services (DCS)
£129,000
Be the DCS you always wanted to be. Apply for this job
ICT Infrastructure Manager - WMF2176e
£51,356 - £52,413
As the ICT Infrastructure Manager at Westmorland and Furness Council Apply for this job
ICT Systems and Data Manager - WMF2177e
£51,356 - £52,413
As the ICT Systems and Data Manager at Westmorland and Furness Council Apply for this job
- Lambeth to slash senior management to help plug £84m funding gap
- Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall
- Council fired officers after overspend concerns
- Rising to the rough sleeper challenge in Peterborough
- 'Lack of understanding' in Government on social care, says LGA chief
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