Unions

By William Eichler | 01 April 2025

Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident to address the impact of long-running bin s...

POLICY

Spring Statement: No more cash for councils

By Emily Twinch | 19 March 2025

Next week’s Spring Statement will give a flavour of the financial pressures local authorities wil...

PAY

Leaders call for tough pay negotiating stance

By Dan Peters | 05 March 2025

Council leaders have warned a tough stance is needed during pay negotiations as local government ...

WORKFORCE

Union criticises council's 'fire and rehire' plan

By Joe Lepper | 04 March 2025

The GMB trade union has criticised Tory-led Devon CC for adopting a rare ‘fire and rehire’ strate...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Why councils are crucial to a national care service

By Gavin Edwards | 28 February 2025

Gavin Edwards outlines the elements that should form the basis of any national care system, inclu...

Unions demand £3,000 pay rise

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2025

Trade unions have jointly submitted a pay claim for all council employees to receive a wage rise ...

UNIONS

Time to reverse course?

By Paul Bell | 17 January 2025

Unison’s Paul Bell looks at the impact of LATCs and evaluates the long-term risk to council workf...

BIRMINGHAM

Brum staff call for security review

By Emily Twinch | 26 November 2024

Birmingham City Council staff have called for a review of security at their offices after three h...

PAY

Sector pay deals agreed

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2024

Unions have struck a deal with employers on pay increases for chief executives and the wider work...

UNIONS

Sheffield equal pay review after union concerns

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2024

Every job at Sheffield City Council will face evaluation after unions raised concerns over equal ...

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