At a loss

Local authorities aren't the only ones to find themselves left worse off by the equalisation of the pay and conditions of council employees, says Simon Vevers Sunderland nursery nurse Gina Smith is losing £240 a month under the single status agreement aimed at equalising the pay and conditions of local authority employees - a substantial chunk out of an insubstantial salary. While some categories of local authority employee, including school support staff such as Ms Smith, are enjoying mixed fortunes under the single status agreement, other groups - cook supervisors, for example - are winning out. In...