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Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Pay Policy Statement 2025/26
Cabinet resolved to recommend that Council confirm that agreeing the Pay Policy Statement means agreeing to implement the cost of living pay increases from 1 April 2025, as included in the budget Council agreed on 6 March 2025. It also recommended that any extra costs from later national pay agreements that cannot be met within the revenue budget be referred to Council, and that Council approve the Pay Policy Statement 2025/26 at Appendix 1.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Pay Policy Statement 2025/26
The Council approved the Pay Policy Statement for 2025/26 (Appendix 1). It confirmed that approving the statement means implementing the cost of living pay increases from 1 April 2025, as provided for in the budget agreed on 6 March 2025. It decided that any extra costs from national pay deals made later, which the revenue budget cannot meet, will be referred to Council for a decision. The vote was 53 for, 1 against (Cllr McEvoy) and 9 abstentions.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Pay Policy Statement 2026/27
Cabinet recommended that Council confirm that agreeing the Pay Policy Statement means agreeing to apply the cost of living pay increases from 1 April 2026, as included in the budget agreed on 5 March 2026. It recommended that any extra costs from later national pay deals that the revenue budget cannot meet be referred to Council. It also recommended that Council approve the Pay Policy Statement 2026/27 in Appendix 1.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Pay Policy Statement 2026/27
Council approved the Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27 by 55 votes to none, with 8 abstentions. Council agreed that the decision covers the cost of living pay increases from 1 April 2026, which the budget agreed on 5 March 2026 already allows for. Any extra costs from national pay deals agreed later that the budget cannot meet will go back to Council for a decision.
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