Northants council workers to get pay rise

Northamptonshire council staff have been promised a 4% pay rise from April – their first increase in three years.
The announcement to staff came at a briefing on next year‘s budget. “People clapped when the pay rise was announced,” UNISON branch secretary Kev Standish told the local newspaper, The Northampton Chronicle.
“It is more than we expected and is to be welcomed, although it would be good if it came now rather than next year.”
Staff will also rece