Title
PAY
Why 1% is not an option
By Heather Wakefield | 19 July 2017
Heather Wakefield argues it’s time for the Treasury to put its hands in its pockets for vital wor...
FINANCE
Bring back business rates retention plans, government urged
By Hiba Mahamadi | 04 July 2017
The chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Lord Porter, has called on the Government...
FINANCE
Unison calls for lifting of 1% public sector pay cap
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017
General secretary of trade union Unison, Dave Prentis, this week called on the Government to lift...
FINANCE
Council hits back amid strike action threat
By William Eichler | 31 May 2017
Refuse workers in Birmingham have started voting on strike action amid accusations of financial m...
PAY
Boost for women in equal pay fight
By Dan Peters | 31 May 2017
Thousands of low paid women have been given permission to proceed with their equal pay claims aga...
UNIONS
No re-run for union's general secretary ballot
By Mark Conrad | 24 May 2017
Local government’s biggest trade union, Unison, will not be forced to re-run a controversial ball...
UNIONS
Unison tests new laws – by balloting staff over pay offer
By Mark Conrad | 24 May 2017
Unison Scotland has launched the first major test of new trade union legislation by balloting sta...
LEGISLATION
Welsh industrial action legislation amended
By Hiba Mahamadi | 08 May 2017
Public sector employers in Wales will no longer be able to use temporary workers to cover the wor...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Union call to address sector's gender inequality
By Dan Peters | 02 May 2017
The under-representation of women in local government over the past 20 years has a ‘systemic impa...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Diversity gap plaguing sector leadership roles
By Sam Clayden | 26 April 2017
Chief executives have been urged to embrace diversity after exclusive research revealed fears tha...
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LGR Programme Director
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