PAY

A 2% pay rise will help retain hard-pressed staff

By Heather Jameson | 05 December 2017

Councils want to pay staff more, but they can only afford 2%, writes Heather Jameson.

PAY

Local government submits pay offer

By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2017

Local government employers have offered town hall staff a 2% pay rise for each of the next two ye...

FINANCE

Deal to end Brum bin strike

By Mark Conrad | 27 November 2017

Birmingham City Council’s long-running dispute with union Unite appears to be over after the side...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2017: Devolution and housing key planks in speech

By Heather Jameson | 22 November 2017

Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Budget has seen the chancellor unveil a raft of new devolution deal...

FINANCE

Budget needs to back local government

By Paul Dossett | 17 November 2017

Head of local government at Grant Thornton UK, Paul Dossett, says there are no areas where furthe...

FINANCE

Treasury windfall from council pay rise

By Dan Peters | 16 November 2017

The Treasury would save 39% of the cost of awarding council workers the pay rise called for in th...

HUMAN RESOURCES

We don't pay homecare workers enough

By Michael Bracey | 13 November 2017

Michael Bracey argues the sector needs to look again at how much it is prepared to pay for homeca...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Local government can lead the way on the Living Wage

By Andy Hull | 06 November 2017

Cllr Andy Hull explains how Islington LBC is working to ensure people in the borough - those empl...

WHITEHALL

Rate rise adds 'insult to injury' for public sector workers

By Heather Jameson | 02 November 2017

The Bank of England's interest rate rise adds 'insult to injury' for public sector employees, uni...

FINANCE

Council contractors could now face IR35

By Mark Conrad | 31 October 2017

Local government contractors could soon be subject to the same tough rules on personal service co...

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