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FINANCE
Local government pay summit to go ahead
By Martin Ford | 30 March 2020
Negotiators hope to keep local government pay discussions on track despite the difficulties posed...
BUSINESS
Union and council end dispute amid coronavirus crisis
By Paul Marinko | 24 March 2020
Trade union Unite has said its dispute with Veolia over holiday pay for refuse staff working at T...
WHITEHALL
Union brands protective promise 'too little too late'
By Paul Marinko | 23 March 2020
Trade union Unite has branded the Government’s promise that social care workers would have full p...
BUSINESS
Serco strike action averted
By Martin Ford | 13 March 2020
Strike action by refuse workers in Sandwell has been averted after Serco withdrew planned changes...
WHITEHALL
Union estimates 500,000 post-Brexit care staffing gap
By Naomi Larsson | 09 March 2020
The UK could face a social care staffing gap of almost 500,000 workers due to the Government’s ne...
FINANCE
Controversial Stoke budget rejected in council vote
By Martin Ford | 02 March 2020
Councillors are deadlocked over the budget just a week ahead of the national deadline.
WHITEHALL
Contract changes prompt strike threat
By Chris Mahony | 25 February 2020
Unison members in Tower Hamlets LBC are to strike in protest at contract changes the union claims...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Industrial action risk as employers mull sticking with 2% pay offer
By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020
Council employers are keeping open the option of doubling down on their 2% pay offer to the union...
FINANCE
Council bid to breach accounting rules
By Martin Ford | 17 February 2020
A request to the Government for a capitalisation direction has been made by Peterborough City Cou...
PAY
A 10% council pay rise is 'affordable' insists Unison
By Laura Sharman | 12 February 2020
A 10% pay rise for council staff is 'affordable' and would boost local economies, new research fr...
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