Dan Peters 14 November 2025

Reed: Reorganisation will contribute to 'fair' pay

Local government reorganisation will help pay council workers a ‘fair wage', communities secretary Steve Reed has suggested.

Giving evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Reed conceded that council workers had suffered a real terms decline in their incomes since 2010 while ‘many' had been landed with a ‘considerable increase in their workload'.

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Up to £13.77 per hour

Temporary Residential AssistantTemporary, Part TimePay Rate

Recuriter: Essex County Council

Casual Gallery and Visitor Information Centre Assistant

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Duties are wide-ranging and include meeting and greeting customers and artists both in person and over the telephone Clitheroe, Lancashire

Recuriter: Ribble Valley Borough Council

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£29,542 - £31,015

The Legal Assistant will mainly work within the Regulatory Team. Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Recuriter: Middlesbrough Council

Mobile Catering Assistant

£26,847 pro rata

You will have a responsibility for cleaning the dining hall and all general duties required to support the School Meal Service. Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Recuriter: Middlesbrough Council