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UNIONS

Dundee calls for talks over strike threat

By Martin Ford | 19 June 2019

Dundee City Council has made an appeal to union members to return to talks following a vote in fa...

SOCIAL CARE

Nine in 10 social workers hampered by austerity

19 June 2019

Social workers say repeated cuts that have created a crisis in the sector, according to a trade u...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils and union clash over zero-hour contracts

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2019

Councils have insisted on keeping the option of zero-hour contracts as Unison prepares to push th...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A campaign to dispel some of the myths about local government

By Dave Prentis | 17 June 2019

Unison has launched a campaign this week to celebrate the work of council staff. General secretar...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: £95k exit cap regulations are 'lawyers' charter to print money'

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2019

Government regulations introducing a £95,000 cap on local government exit payments are a ‘lawyers...

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: Unison to make 'bold' pay claim

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2019

Unison is poised to ask local government employers for a 10% pay rise in a ‘bold’ claim being sub...

SOCIAL CARE

Birmingham to scrap controversial care service reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 16 May 2019

A long-running industrial dispute between Birmingham City Council and care workers is expected to...

ENVIRONMENT

Brighton claims there's no grounds for bin strike

By Dan Peters | 09 May 2019

Brighton & Hove City Council has insisted strike action is 'unwarranted' as a union threatens to ...

BUSINESS

Council property firm records losses

By Naomi Larsson | 10 April 2019

The property company run by Barking & Dagenham LBC has reported losses of almost £4m in its first...

EDUCATION

Strike threat lifted after COSLA agrees to raise teachers' pay

By Martin Ford | 29 March 2019

The possibility of strike action by teachers has been averted after Scotland’s council leaders ba...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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