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PAY
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A new approach matching people from disadvantaged communities with careers is bearing fruit in Bi...
WHITEHALL
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Key council-related legislation – including fresh transparency over senior pay – failed to make i...
PAY
Union recommends pay offer rejection
By Dan Peters | 23 May 2024
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FINANCE
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PAY
Chiefs offered 2.5% pay increase
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Local government employers have proposed a 2.5% pay rise to council chief executives and senior o...
HUMAN RESOURCES
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The budget for replacing an IT system with Oracle has ballooned from £2.6m to almost £40m, counci...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Wages below 2008 levels in two-thirds of council areas
By William Eichler | 29 April 2024
Real wages are still below 2008 levels in nearly two-thirds of UK local authority areas, TUC anal...
FINANCE
'No appetite' for Scottish equal pay unit
By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024
Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit despite calls f...
PAY
TPA analysis of senior local government pay is relentlessly unsophisticated
By Graeme McDonald | 22 April 2024
Graeme McDonald says: 'Perhaps the diminishing number of national news outlets covering the TPA’s...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Unison warns of looming strike as it awaits pay offer
By Ellie Ames | 22 April 2024
Scotland’s largest local government union has warned strike preparations could begin next week am...
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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