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SCOTLAND
'Record' funding settlement for Scottish councils
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2024
Scottish councils are expected to share a ‘record’ funding settlement of more than £15bn, provisi...
WORKFORCE
Public services jobs market in North 'disrupted'
By Ann McGauran | 05 December 2024
The higher salaries on offer when government organisations relocate to areas in the North are dis...
SOCIAL CARE
Call to fully fund National Living Wage rise to keep care 'afloat'
By Dan Peters | 06 November 2024
Adult social care directors have called on the Government to fully fund the increases in National...
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...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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