Labour is continuing to play its political games with local government in this country. The latest wheeze surrounds proposals to give people more access to information about how efficiently their local council is being run. It sounds like a great way to increase accountability. But what does this high-falutin sentiment actually mean? A short article in PublicNet explains: Local Government

"Local government employers need to realise that morale is at an all time low," UNISON warned today as it published its 2008 survey of local government workers. "Staff and services are already...

GMB, Unison and Unite who represent 1.3m local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland expressed their bitter disappointment at the 0.5% pay offer made today by the Tory controlled Local Government Employers for 2009. The unions will be meeting tomorrow to formulate their response to the Employers. The offer covers all grades of workers

  ACAS awards 2.75% pay rise to local government workers (03/03/09) Unions representing 1.3 million local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have welcomed an ACAS award of an additional 0.3% pay rise, bringing the 2008-9 pay increase to 2.75% on all pay points. An extra...

The government is asking nurses, police officers and other public sector workers to suggest ideas for "fair and responsible" savings.

Alan Wardle of the Local Government Association tells Jon Dennis about negotiations with the government on its savings in Iceland

The pay dispute covering local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has produced negotiations which, at least in relation to the current year’s pay offer, appear to be getting nowhere. Our Scottish local government brothers and sisters seem determinedly set on further strike...

Scottish Local Government workers in the 3 major Local government Trade unions UNISON, GMB and

From the Financial Times: Kent County Council has submitted plans to the government to pool resources from local government bodies around the country into a public sector savings bank. A number of local authorities lost access to millions of pounds of their deposits in Icelandic banks, and councils are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain private backing for local projects. The proposed ban...

EWS FROM THE GREEN PARTY of England and Wales LGBT GROUP Solidarity with Local Government strikers!15.7.8 On the eve of the industrial action in local Government, Media Officer for LGBTGreens, Phelim Mac Cafferty stated:?LGBT Greens wish to commend the sterling work of local govt workers- the emptying of bins, the cleaning of our authority's schools, the conduct of marriages and civil partnerships...