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WELFARE
Cuts and industrial action warning for Scotland
By Dan Peters | 10 June 2022
Scottish councils have warned of cuts to essential services and the ‘strong likelihood of industr...
PAY
Unions demand 'substantial' pay increase
By Dan Peters | 06 June 2022
Councils will be consulted this month after local government trade unions demanded a ‘substantial...
PAY
GMB warning over council strikes
By Heather Jameson | 30 May 2022
Employers in Scotland have been urged to increase their pay offer, in the run up to a ballot over...
WHITEHALL
Government dismisses union's payout view
By Mark Conrad | 17 May 2022
New Government guidance attempting to limit special severance payments (SSPs) contradicts advice ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
COVID funding cut 'dangerous'
By Martin Ford | 05 May 2022
The Government has been urged to reinstate the COVID infection control fund (ICF) by groups repre...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Councils warned to budget for 4% pay increase
By Mark Whitehead | 03 May 2022
Councils have been warned by local government employers to budget for pay rises of at least 4% th...
PAY
Scottish workers prepare for industrial action
By Dan Peters | 25 April 2022
Thousands of local government workers in Scotland are preparing to take industrial action over pay.
WHITEHALL
Minister wades into flexible working debate
By Chris Mahony | 19 April 2022
Civil servants have been told to get back to the office even as local government increasingly mov...
UNIONS
Glasgow strikes suspended as equal pay deal reached
By William Eichler | 14 April 2022
Public sector unions yesterday suspended all equal pay strikes after a deal was struck with Glasg...
FINANCE
Town halls must find more cash for wages
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Paul Marinko | 06 April 2022
Councils have been warned they will have to find more in their budgets to fund the sector’s incre...
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