Local authorities

GMB is the largest staff union at Birmingham City Council, which this week declared itself effectively bankrupt.

A group of academics at Cambridge University have been accused of editing evidence of the impact of a council’s four-day working week trial.

Birmingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt after revealing it does not have the funds to settle equal pay claims.

A union body has urged the government to devise a social care and childcare workforce strategy to improve pay, conditions and progression.

MP Lee Rowley has formally asked South Cambridgeshire District Council to end its four-day week trial 'immediately'.

Birmingham City Council has been hit with at least at £650 million bill to settle equal pay claims.

Bedford Borough Council's digital transformation programme saw it move from paper-based processes to a smoother and more cost-efficient experience.

Government plans to halve the amount of social care workforce funding have been criticised by the care sector.

Unions representing public sector workers have reacted angrily to today’s Spring Budget, with Unite calling it a “budget of betrayal”....

The Unite union has urged its members who work for councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reject the...

A survey has revealed that UK businesses strongly support health and safety regulations, highlighting fears over the impact of the Retained EU Law Bill.

For years, HR teams in public services have been used to managing long-term contracts with outsourcing companies. But as citizens...

Firefighters across the UK have voted to walk out in a dispute about pay, in the first national strikes in...

The Disclosure and Barring Service has published a care worker recruitment toolkit to help social care employers gather sufficient employment...

The Welsh government has been criticised over its hybrid working policy as it has been reported that only one in 10 staff are working in the office every day.