Council considered a recommendation from Cabinet to approve the pay policy statement for 2021/22. Pay Policy statements must be agreed by full Council and published by 31 March each year to apply to pay decisions during the next financial year.

Resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement 2021/22.

Councillor R. Noble

To consider the Pay Policy Statement for 2021/22 and recommend it to Council for approval.

Cabinet considered the Pay Policy Statement 2021/22.

Cabinet noted that the Discretions Policy (an appendix of the Pay Policy) had been reviewed to include the Exit Cap Regulations, which came into force on 4 November 2020, and to reflect the potential changes to the Discretions Policy should the Reforming Local Government Exit Pay and Local Government Pension Scheme (Restriction of Exit Payments) Regulations, currently in consultation, come into force in 2021

Resolved to recommend that Council approves the Pay Policy Statement.

Reason for decision:

The Pay Policy Statement must be agreed by full Council and be published by 31 March each year.