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
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
2024 Pay Awards – Youth & Community Workers Pay Award
Agreement has been reached nationally for a pay award for Youth & Community Workers for 2024. The Agreement provides a pay increase of £1290 for all Youth and Community Workers in England and Wales. This pay award should be backdated to 1 September 2024 . A copy of the Circular with the details of the agreement is available through the following link: Pay Agreement
2023 Pay Award – Youth and Community Workers
Agreement has been reached in December 2023 for a pay award for 2023 for Youth and Community Workers. The agreement is for:-
- an increase of £1925 on all spinal column points on the Youth and Community Support Worker Range and the Professional Range from 1 September 2023.
- An increase of 3.88% on the London Area Allowances and Sleeping-In-Duty Allowance from 1 September 2023.
Further details can be found JNC for Youth and Community Workers 2023 Pay Award.
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
19 Dec 2024 – Agreement has now been reached on the 2024/25 pay award for Coroners. With effect from 1 April 2024, local salaries and day rates for individuals derived from the JNC arrangements should be increased by 2.50 per cent. A copy of the circular is here: JNC Circular no 69 – Coroners’ Pay 2024-25 – issued 19 December 2024
On 16 Feb 2023 the pay award for 2022-2023 for Coroners from the Joint Negotiating Committee has been agreed as 1.56% with effect from 1 April 2022. A copy of the circular can be found here .
On 19 December 2022, the Employers’ Side issued an Update on Coroners’ Pay for 2022-23 and requested information from councils. You can access the Circular here.