Local authorities

A committed Christian who was sacked from his council job after suggesting to a terminally-ill woman she “put her faith...

Council job advertisements should be syndicated across the internet to save money, increase transparency and help reduce unnecessary posts, the...

The cost to taxpayers of equal pay claims by Walsall Council staff could hit £50m, it has emerged.The authority is...

Nottinghamshire County Council is considering outsourcing services to the private sector. The council is to ask private companies how they...

The council tax freeze announced in the Emergency Budget could lead to more job losses in local government, HR directors...

Renfrewshire Council in Scotland could cut hundreds of jobs in an effort to plug funding gaps. The council said ‘difficult...

Northamptonshire County Council has apologised after it demanded a “female, white and non-Muslim” taxi driver in a contract.
A tender...

Union leaders have called on Birmingham City Council to “pay women workers what they are owed” and drop an appeal...

Hundreds of experienced social work staff are to be replaced by a call centre at Glasgow Council as part of...

Bolton Council is to cut up to 500 jobs in an attempt to reduce its budget by £50m, the BBC...

Councils in three regions in England are collaborating to advertise jobs on the internet through new regional recruitment portals.Jobseekers in...

Relations between staff representatives and Birmingham City Council are the “worst in the country”, the GMB union has claimed. The...

Bristol City Council has banned white people from applying for an £18,000-a-year traineeship because it wants to boost staff diversity....

Derbyshire County Council expects to save £1m over the next two years thanks to a major transformation of its IT systems,...

MidlandHR’s complete HR, payroll, talent management and workforce planning solution, iTrent, has been chosen by Kent County Council (KCC) to...