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Unions representing more than a million local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, today expressed disappointment at a revised pay offer of 2.45% for the majority of staff, with 3% for those on the bottom 3 points.

Members of GMB, UNISON and Unite, who include home care workers, teaching assistants, nursery nurses, library staff, park keepers and bin men, have already endured four years below inflation pay deals.

Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said: