Decision - Pay Policy Statement 2025/26

The Localism Act 2011 requires local authorities to produce a pay policy statement to be approved by Council annually before the start of the financial year to which it relates. The aim is to increase accountability, transparency, and fairness in the setting of local pay. The pay policy statement sets out the council's policies on a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its senior and lowest paid staff. It summarises the parameters within which staff are paid and describes the parameters being governed by a local pay framework set with reference to national terms and conditions, and nationally agreed pay awards.

1) That Full Council adopts the pay policy statement for 2025/26 attached at Appendix 1.

The statement sets out Brighton & Hove City Council’s pay, grading, progression, allowances, pension, redundancy and remuneration policies for 2025/26. It applies to council employees and casual workers, excluding school-based staff and apprentices, and is intended to support fair pay, workforce retention and value for money.