Dan Peters David Blackman 16 July 2025

Employers double down on pay offer

Council employers have unanimously reaffirmed their April offer of a 3.2% pay increase as ‘full and final' despite unions urging them to better their proposal.

Trade union Unite's officer for local government, Clare Keogh, warned the lack of movement would make her members ‘determined to press on with strike ballots'.

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