Pay

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2023

Exit payments made to former Northumberland Council staff may have been unlawful, members have be...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs match main unions' pay claim

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023

Senior council officers this week joined frontline trade unions in submitting an above-inflation ...

Councillors split on solution to workforce crisis

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

At its latest meeting, the Local Government Association (LGA)’s executive advisory board consider...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Unions poised to submit inflation-busting pay claim

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Local government trade unions are considering an inflation-busting pay demand for 2023-24, The MJ...

PAY

Time for a social care system refresh

By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023

Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...

PAY

As leaders, it's our job to make working for councils 'cool'.

By Tracie Langley | 18 January 2023

We have to make it easier for people to work in our organisations, 'offering the right tools and ...

PAY

Social care must be PM's priority

By Christine McAnea | 17 January 2023

There is an indisputable moral and economic case for the Government to deliver social care and wo...

FINANCE

Nottingham bids to close £11m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 21 December 2022

Nottingham City Council has introduced spending controls as the authority attempts to rein in an ...

PAY

White van man on... pay

14 December 2022

The Government’s got its smalls in a right twist over these pay awards.

FINANCE

Worcestershire faces £13m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 12 December 2022

The cost of social care is the main driver of the council’s forecast overspend for 2022-23.

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