How Local Authorities Can Lead Smarter, More Inclusive Procurement
The 2025 Local Government Procurement Report ranks councils on SME, VCSE, and local spend, with strategies to boost social value in procurement.
The local government workforce: equal by default
26/08/2021 The APSE Commission message is clear: we need a well-trained, properly rewarded workforce to meet local public services’ future challenges, says Heather Wakefield. |
How to deal with workplace bullying
16/12/2014 Unison responds to our survey revealing the majority of staff in local government have experienced or witnessed unacceptable behaviour at work. |
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Living wage should be paid to all council workers
06/09/2013 What do decent pay and conditions and economic growth have in common? |
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Debunking the pension myths
13/09/2011 The attack on local government pensions is not about affordability, fairness, or even about efficiency, it is based on propaganda and ideology, says Heather Wakefield. |
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Hot-tempered over pay freeze
10/02/2010 It’s time for council staff to get a better deal not a pay freeze, says Heather Wakefield. |
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Money’s too tight to mention
03/07/2008 As we head for strike action over the local government pay settlement, Heather Wakefield asks why the sector is not showing how much it values its staff. |
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Give us more than carrots
30/01/2008 It’s time public service workers were paid their worth, says Heather Wakefield |
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It’s payback time
13/07/2007 Trade unions and campaigners usually march on Westminster to lobby MPs for a change in law. But this week, the clarion call is even simpler. We just want local council employers to follow the law which already exists relating to equal pay. Heather Wa |
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Why on earth offshore?
26/03/2007 The vision of local government posed by Rod Aldridge, Business Process Offshoring (Plugged In, The MJ, 15 March) is hard to reconcile with the softer notions of ‘double devolution’, user choice and active local citizenship at the heart of the Governm |
