CHIEF EXECUTIVES

BREAKING: Council suspends chief Suarez

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2017

Cheshire East Council has suspended its chief executive Mike Suarez while an independent investig...

WHITEHALL

Javid named new DCLG secretary

20 July 2016

Sajid Javid has been named the new secretary of state for the Department of Communities and Local...

WHITEHALL

'Restrict exit payments and face mass staff exodus'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 May 2016

Government attempts to further limit public sector exit payments could prompt a ‘mass departure o...

FINANCE

GMB accepts pay offer but stalemate persists

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Stalemate has hit pay negotiations for local government staff despite a vote by one of the trade ...

WHITEHALL

Caps on exit payments branded 'unduly punitive'

By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2016

Changes to government policy on public sector exit payments are ‘unduly punitive,’ according to t...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Salary increases for chief execs revealed

10 February 2016

Chief executives earning more than £100,000 have been offered their first pay rise in eight years.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

District council probe after mass grievance submission

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015

Senior staff are at loggerheads with the management team at a district council that is subject to...

HUMAN RESOURCES

EXCLUSIVE: Chief execs round on 'divisive' and 'negative' LGA staff pay

By Heather Jameson | 05 August 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA)’s attitude to senior pay has been branded as ‘divisive’ by...

FINANCE

Chief executives call for talks over DIP reforms

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2015

Council chiefs have urged the Government to repeal measures aimed at making it easier to dismiss ...