Widening the property talent pool
William Eichler finds out a new programme is encouraging young people to have a career in the property and regeneration sector.
Scottish councils ‘delighted’ at new pay deal with unions
05/03/2019 Council workers have welcomed a new pay deal that is set to deliver cost of living increases over the next few years after a decade of stagnating wages. |
Birmingham refuse strike called off
04/03/2019 Unions called off a planned strike by refuse collectors in Birmingham today after the city council lost a bid to have the action declared illegal. |
Hundreds of Birmingham refuse workers to strike ‘weekly’
05/02/2019 Over 300 refuse workers have announced they will begin two days of strike action a week in an escalation of the ongoing industrial dispute with the council. |
At least 160 youth centres have closed since 2016, FOI reveals
03/12/2018 At least 160 youth centres have closed since 2016, a report based on Freedom of Information Act requests by Unison claims. |
Reading council considers ‘huge scale privatisation’
13/08/2018 Reading Borough Council plans to undertake a programme of ‘huge scale privatisation’ that will affect thousands of council workers, union warns. |
Union blasts Somerset CC for ‘financial incompetence’
10/08/2018 A union has accused Somerset County Council of ‘financial incompetence’ after the authority proposed staff take two days of unpaid leave. |
Union rejects Scottish councils' pay offer
20/06/2018 Members of the GMB Scotland trade union have rejected the Scottish local government pay offer, potentially sparking industrial action. |
Unison calls for windfall tax on PFI corporations
19/02/2018 Trade union Unison has backed a Labour MP’s call for a windfall tax on private companies delivering public services. |
Code of conduct for private companies ‘urgently’ required, union says
08/02/2018 The Government needs to establish a new code of conduct for the delivery of public services by private companies, says public service union. |
Council called out on bullying and harassment
30/01/2018 Cheshire East Council has a bullying and harassment problem, the Local Government Association (LGA) has concluded. |
The March issue of Local Government News explores alternative funding channels that are available to councils beyond the Public Works Loan Board, what hurdles merging councils face in coming together, and how local government is handling GDPR.
This issue also has a special highways and street lighting section exploring how councils can use lighting to embark on their smart city journey and using IoT technology to weather the storm.
