For more than a million local government workers across England and Wales the absolute pay freeze is set to continue into a third consecutive financial year. To the surprise of very few, the umbrella body for councils, the Local Government Employers, confirmed on 23 February that it would not be making any pay offer whatsoever for 2012-13 in response to the joint trade union side’s extremely modest below inflation claim. Continue reading
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