12-13-2024, 07:42 PM
The Liberal Party welcomes the announcement of a settlement to the long running equal pay claim against Birmingham City Council.
Low wages blight lives and disproportionately affect women workers, 6,000 of whom will benefit from this settlement subject to confirmation by the council.
The party acknowledges that the settlement has been supported by a £1 billion loan from central government and that the council remains in a serious financial situation, having issued a section 114 notice in August 2023, acknowledging its effective insolvency.
The party now believes the issue of compensation for those claiming discrimination and hardship as a result of the changes to the state pension for women, led by the action group Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), should now also be settled.
Low wages blight lives and disproportionately affect women workers, 6,000 of whom will benefit from this settlement subject to confirmation by the council.
The party acknowledges that the settlement has been supported by a £1 billion loan from central government and that the council remains in a serious financial situation, having issued a section 114 notice in August 2023, acknowledging its effective insolvency.
The party now believes the issue of compensation for those claiming discrimination and hardship as a result of the changes to the state pension for women, led by the action group Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), should now also be settled.