The GMB is urging women to submit claims for potential pay discrimination, fearing they may have been “short-changed” by Kirklees Council.
Trade unions have backed plans to create one local council to run services across North Yorkshire after claiming the alternative of two authorities "would lead to major disruption to both staff and services".
The scale pay packages in the banking industry was laid bare as Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays revealed that more than 500 workers between them were paid more than £1m last year.
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