This joint circular gives formal guidance on consultation and negotiation between local authorities and the Soulbury associations at local level and also comments further on the car user allowance scheme.

This update sets out pensions news on a variety of issues, including the cash cost of Teachers’ Pension Scheme employee contribution rate rises in April 2013, the revised Local Government Pension Scheme contribution bands from April 2013 and the danger of Pension Liberation fraud.

This is the revised and updated 2010 edition of the Soulbury Committee Report.

This news bulletin provides a brief report on the outcome of negotiations on the Soulbury 2012 pay and conditions of service claim.

The Soulbury unions and professional associations have submitted a pay and conditions of service claim. The claim makes the case for a significant increase in pay from September 2012 and for joint discussions with the Employers on a range of conditions of service.

This is the Soulbury pay scales from September 2012. The national Employers refused to make any offer on pay for 2012.

This is an NUT briefing on the proposals for the future of the LGPS from 1st April 2014 and briefing materials from the Local Government Association, Unison, Unite and the GMB.

The NUT Executive has decided not to endorse the proposed LGPS agreement, because it would mean an increase in contribution rates for NUT members and an increase in the age at which members can take their pensions in full. The agreement is likely to be put into practice because it has been endorsed by GMB, Unison and Unite, the three unions that negotiated the revised scheme.

This March 2012 update details the current state of the LGPS negotiations and gives the updated contribution bands for 2012-13.

This briefing compares pay and conditions of service for school teachers and Soulbury-paid officers in England and Wales.

This JESC gives information on the application of local authorities’ car user schemes to Soulbury officers.

The NUT has produced guidance and a model constitution to help Soulbury-paid representatives and members establish local consultative arrangements for Soulbury officers in local authorities.