Equality

• Glasgow CC offers ‘olive branch’ in equal pay row

  Talks were taking place today in a bid to settle the equal pay row that led to a two-day strike by more than 8,000 women in Glasgow this week.

  

• Council staff to strike over equal pay claims

  Thousands of women at one of the UK's biggest councils are set to walk out on strike for two days this week over equal pay.

  

• Damning report on leadership diversity

  ‘Little progress’ is being made in increasing the diversity of senior leadership in local authorities, a report published today has found.

  

• Council chiefs to launch campaign to recruit female councillors

  Local government leaders are set to launch a campaign to recruit more women as councillors.

  

• Overcoming the gender gap in local government

  The decision by the Local Government Association to launch a campaign to recruit women councillors is a timely move.

  

• Local government still male dominated, analysis reveals

  There has been 'virtually no progress' in women's representation in local government with nearly all councils being dominated by men, a damning new report has revealed.

  

• Appointment panels hold unconscious bias

  Ian Thomas demands proportionate positive action to increase diversity in leadership positions.

  

• Council facing £5m equal pay bill

  Fife Council has been warned it could face a £5m bill from a new round of equal pay claims.

  

• Data on racial inequalities ‘inconsistent’, MPs say

  The collection of data regarding racial inequalities in public services is ‘inconsistent’, MPs have found.

  

• Gender pay gap: what next for councils?

  Mark Whitehead finds out why two London councils have signed up to a new scheme to help women climb the career ladder.