Pay

By Jonathan Werran | 05 May 2015

UKIP is poised to make dramatic headway in this week’s local government elections, and could doub...

FINANCE

Greater Manchester councils urged to pay Living Wage

By Jonathan Werran | 23 April 2015

Three Greater Manchester authorities have come under fire for paying their chief executives salar...

Costs 'could increase' under Pickles' DIP changes

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2015

A council chief executive has criticised communities secretary Eric Pickles’ latest attack on ‘to...

PAY

UKIP vows to slash senior council staff and salaries

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

UKIP has promised to slash ‘excessive pay deals and golden handshakes for council executives’ in ...

PAY

Rotherham chief's salary could reach £200,000

By Jonathan Werran | 13 April 2015

Rotherham MBC is considering plans to pay a 25% market supplement - potentially boosting the chie...

FINANCE

Chief exec role to go, say Lib Dems

By Jonathan Werran | 09 April 2015

Liverpool City Council’s Lib Dem group has pledged to call time on the role of chief executive sh...

HUMAN RESOURCES

The sweetest taboo

By Thomas Drewry | 09 April 2015

Thomas Drewry investigates how salaries in local government compare with other professions and ur...

HEALTH

Mitie blames profits plunge on council spending cuts

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 April 2015

The outsourcing group Mitie has blamed council spending cuts in home care and social housing for ...

PENSIONS

Budget tax on pensions may mean career rethinking

By Michael Burton | 24 March 2015

Thank goodness, not just for the Institute for Fiscal Studies, but for the Office for Budget Resp...

BUSINESS

Call for devolution of minimum wage enforcement

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Newham LBC and the GMB trade union have called for the power to enforce underpayment of the natio...

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