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POLITICS
Budget: Minimum wage and National Insurance rises to hit councils
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed rises to the minimum wage and employers’ National Insuranc...
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...
PAY
Strike action threat after pay offer imposition
By William Eichler | 27 September 2024
Trade union Unison has threatened strike action after local authority leaders in Scotland decided...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Pay day promises
By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024
Research from the Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust sets out five policy options to improve so...
PAY
Union threatens to extend strike ballot
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2024
Unison is threatening to extend its strike ballot to all of its council members in Scotland as pa...
UNIONS
Social care wage rise call
By Dan Peters | 09 September 2024
Unions have called for wages to rise in social care to resolve the ‘recruitment crisis’.
PAY
Unite members to be balloted over industrial action
By Dan Peters | 30 August 2024
Strikes could begin later this autumn if workers vote for industrial action in ballots launched a...
SCOTLAND
Scottish Government asks councils to divert funds to cover pay deal
By Emily Twinch | 27 August 2024
The Scottish Government has asked councils to divert funds from a Nature Restoration Fund to help...
PAY
It's quite simple: just pay women fairly
By Heather Jameson | 20 August 2024
For a sector that prides itself on fairness and equality, the history of single status pay claims...
UNIONS
Strikes loom for councils
By Martin Ford | 20 August 2024
Several local authorities are set for industrial action later this month in an escalation of disp...
Director of Planning and Building Control
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Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
Chief Executive
circa £150,000
We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
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