Caretakers Lettings Fees
The East Midlands Regional Joint Council has agreed an increase to Caretakers’ Letting Fees with effect from 1st April 2025.
Caretakers’ Letting Fees were reviewed by East Midlands Regional Joint Council on 9th October 2025. The Joint Council agreed to increase the rates by 3.2% with effect from 1st April 2025. The revised rates can be found here Caretakers lettings fees April 2025
Teachers in Residential Establishments
The most recent circular JESC No. 233 issued on 21 October 2025 can be found here TRE Pay and Allowances circular (JESC No. 233) – 21 October 2025. Under the terms of the JNCTRE Agreement, all allowances (including Instructors scales) other than the Sleeping in Duty Allowance have been increased in line with the STPCD (England) and STPC(W)D (Wales) allowances and should, therefore, be increased by 4 per cent in England and 4 per cent in Wales with effect from 1 September 2025.
The Sleeping in Duty Allowance should be increased by 3.2 per cent from 1 April 2025, in line with the headline percentage pay increase agreed by the NJC for Local Government Services for 2025-26.
Youth & Community Workers
2025 Youth & Community Pay Claim 2025
Unions representing the employees’ side of the Youth & Community JNC have submitted their pay and conditions claim for 2025. Further details can be found here: Staff Side Pay and Conditions Claim 2025
Soulbury Officers’ Pay Agreement
21st Feb 2025 – The Soulbury Committee has reached a pay settlement for 2024. This is a 2.5% increase on all pay points and allowances backdated to 1 September 2024. There will be further Joint Secretarial discussions on reviews of the SPA system and London Area Payments.
Coroners
6.8.25 – In the absence of a national pay mechanism for determining coroners’ pay in England & Wales, the management side of the JNC conducted a consultation survey of local authorities who have an interest in coroners’ pay. Forty-four
responses were received from a total of seventy-four LA contacts (once duplicates were removed) giving a response rate of 59 per cent. The circular can be found JNC Circular no 71 – Coroners’ Pay 2025-26 – 6 August 2025.
24.4.25 – Following on from the LGA’s letter to inform you of the coroners’ withdrawal from the
joint pay negotiating machinery from 1 April 2025 here, an updated circular has been issued to inform that the management side remains committed to a nationally agreed, consistent approach to pay negotiations.
The circular can be found JNC Coroners – Management side circular to Local authorities – 24 April 2025