NJC for local government services
Agreement has this morning (Wednesday 23 July 2025) been reached on the 2025 pay award for local government services (‘Green Book’) employees. The details are set out in the following circular: LGS Pay 23 July 2025
Unite details have not been included in the pay agreement circular due to their refusal. This does not prevent a formal collective agreement from being reached as the necessary Constitutional requirement for a majority on each Side of the NJC to be in favour has been met, which means the pay award can now be implemented.
JNCs for local authority Chief Executives
Agreement has also been reached today (Wednesday 23 July 2025) on the 2025 pay award JNC Chief Executives. The details are set out in the following circular: Chief Executives Pay 23 July 2025
JNC for local authority Chief Officers
An update will follow in due course.
JNC for local authority Craftworkers
There is currently no indication of when the pay deal for JNC (‘Red Book’) Craftworkers might be reached. The National Employers advise very strongly against imposing the full and final pay offer ahead of a national collective agreement being finalised. To do so would not only fragment the unity of the employers’ position but would also leave councils vulnerable to questions being asked by auditors about why, in the absence of a national collective agreement, expenditure had been unnecessarily incurred. Perhaps more importantly, councils would need to consider very carefully the wider legal issues, including those arising out of the cases of Kostal UK Limited v Dunkley and INEOS Infrastructure Grangemouth Limited v Jones & others.