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WHITEHALL
Local authorities to fund half of increased labour costs under fair pay agreement
By Lee Peart | 27 October 2025
Councils are projected to fund more than half (52%) of increased labour costs passed on by provid...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Social care fair pay 'unlikely to be sufficient'
By Martin Ford | 09 October 2025
Doubt has been cast on whether the adult social care fair pay agreement will have the impact clai...
PENSIONS
Pulling councillors back on side on pensions
By Heather Jameson | 01 October 2025
Communities secretary Steve Reed's announcement that councillors can re-enter the Local Governmen...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Streeting announces care worker pay boost
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2025
Health secretary Wes Streeting has announced plans to boost pay for care workers from 2028, backe...
FINANCE
Sheffield reaches £36m equal pay settlement
By Martin Ford | 23 September 2025
Sheffield City Council is to spend £36m to settle equal pay claims lodged by trade unions Unison,...
PAY
Levelling the paying field
By Martin Ford | 17 September 2025
With a host of newly-minted unitaries set to spring up around England in the coming months and ye...
GOVERNANCE
Glasgow redundancy payouts 'deeply concerning'
By Martin Ford | 04 September 2025
Redundancy payouts totalling £1m made to senior officers at Glasgow have been described as ‘deepl...
UNIONS
The lost art of union relations
By Pam Parkes | 13 August 2025
Working with unions has changed. For councils to thrive through the coming changes, they will nee...
PAY
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 ...
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...
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