Motion One
This Council thanks our NHS workers, carers and all keyworkers for their service, sacrifice and outstanding support for residents in Gedling borough and across Britain throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.
This Council condemns the Conservative Government’s proposals to award only a 1% pay increase to our heroic NHS workers. This Council notes that the Government’s proposed 1% pay increase for our NHS workers is in fact a real terms pay cut, with the Office for Budget Responsibility predicting consumer price inflation (CPI) will rise to 1.7% in the coming year.
This Council believes our NHS workers deserve a pay rise that reflects the sacrifices they have made during a year of working on the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus.
This Council agrees to write to the Prime Minister calling on him to reconsider the Government’s proposed real terms pay cut for our NHS heroes and to ensure they are properly rewarded for their outstanding service to our nation.
This Council joins with other organisations and our NHS colleagues to urge the Independent Pay Review Body to reject the Government’s current 1% pay proposals and recommend the substantial increase that NHS workers so richly deserve.
Proposed: Councillor Payne
Seconded: Councillor Clarke
Motion Two
This Council is appalled by the Conservative Government’s recent administrative sleight of hand, which moved the census date for school Pupil Premium funding allocations from the normal annual date of January (2021) to October 2020, resulting in hundreds of pupils in Nottinghamshire who rely on free school meals being ignored when Pupil Premium allocations were recorded and allocated.
This Council condemns this recent accounting con by the Conservative Government that will short-change children and schools in receipt of Pupil Premium. Nottinghamshire County Council figures indicate that at least 1,200 children will be affected, leaving at least a £1.5m shortfall across the county’s schools.
This Council notes the Conservative Government has refused to u-turn on their decision to move the cut-off date for Pupil Premium allocation from January 2021 to October 2020, which has excluded children driven into hardship since October, even though they know Universal Credit claimants have risen 5.5% during that period.
This Council agrees to write to the Prime Minister and local Conservative Members of Parliament for Gedling borough, calling on them to immediately reverse this disgraceful accounting con, which has short-changed disadvantaged children and schools in our borough and across Nottinghamshire.
Proposed: Councillor Payne
Seconded: Councillor Clarke
Minutes:
Councillors Ellwood, Hemingway, Keneally and Scroggie left the meeting at 6.35pm.
Motion One
Upon a notice of motion received in the name of Councillor Payne, a proposition was moved by Councillor Payne and seconded by Councillor Clarke in the following terms:
This Council thanks our NHS workers, carers and all keyworkers for their service, sacrifice and outstanding support for residents in Gedling borough and across Britain throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.
This Council condemns the Conservative Government’s proposals to award only a 1% pay increase to our heroic NHS workers. This Council notes that the Government’s proposed 1% pay increase for our NHS workers is in fact a real terms pay cut, with the Office for Budget Responsibility predicting consumer price inflation (CPI) will rise to 1.7% in the coming year.
This Council believes our NHS workers deserve a pay rise that reflects the sacrifices they have made during a year of working on the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus.
This Council agrees to write to the Prime Minister calling on him to reconsider the Government’s proposed real terms pay cut for our NHS heroes and to ensure they are properly rewarded for their outstanding service to our nation.
This Council joins with other organisations and our NHS colleagues to urge the Independent Pay Review Body to reject the Government’s current 1% pay proposals and recommend the substantial increase that NHS workers so richly deserve.
There then followed a debate on the motion and the proposition was put to a named vote as follows:
For the motion:
Councillors Peter Barnes, Sandra Barnes, Bosworth, Boyle, Brooks, Clarke, Clunie, Collis, Creamer, David Ellis, Rachael Ellis, Roxanne Ellis, Feeney, Fox, Gibbons, Gregory, Hollingsworth, Hope, Lawrence, Ron McCrossen, Viv McCrossen, Miller, Najuk, Paling, Payne, Towsey-Hinton, Truscott, Wheeler, Wilkinson.
Against the motion:
None.
Abstentions:
Councillors Adams, Barnfather, Elliott, Greensmith, Murray, Parr, Martin Smith and Sam Smith.
The Mayor declared the motion carried and it was
RESOLVED that:
This Council:
1) Thanks our NHS workers, carers and all keyworkers for their service, sacrifice and outstanding support for residents in Gedling borough and across Britain throughout the Coronavirus pandemic;
2) Condemns the Conservative Government’s proposals to award only a 1% pay increase to our heroic NHS workers. This Council notes that the Government’s proposed 1% pay increase for our NHS workers is in fact a real terms pay cut, with the Office for Budget Responsibility predicting consumer price inflation (CPI) will rise to 1.7% in the coming year;
3) Believes our NHS workers deserve a pay rise that reflects the sacrifices they have made during a year of working on the frontline in the fight against Coronavirus;
4) Agrees to write to the Prime Minister calling on him to reconsider the Government’s proposed real terms pay cut for our NHS heroes and to ensure they are properly rewarded for their outstanding service to our nation; and
5) Joins with other organisations and our NHS colleagues to urge the Independent Pay Review Body to reject the Government’s current 1% pay proposals and recommend the substantial increase that NHS workers so richly deserve.
Councillors Ellwood, Hemingway, Keneally and Scroggie re-joined the meeting at 7.30pm.
Motion Two
Upon a notice of motion received in the name of Councillor Payne, a proposition was moved by Councillor Payne and seconded by Councillor Clarke in the following terms:
This Council is appalled by the Conservative Government’s recent administrative sleight of hand, which moved the census date for school Pupil Premium funding allocations from the normal annual date of January (2021) to October 2020, resulting in hundreds of pupils in Nottinghamshire who rely on free school meals being ignored when Pupil Premium allocations were recorded and allocated.
This Council condemns this recent accounting con by the Conservative Government that will short-change children and schools in receipt of Pupil Premium. Nottinghamshire County Council figures indicate that at least 1,200 children will be affected, leaving at least a £1.5m shortfall across the county’s schools.
This Council notes the Conservative Government has refused to u-turn on their decision to move the cut-off date for Pupil Premium allocation from January 2021 to October 2020, which has excluded children driven into hardship since October, even though they know Universal Credit claimants have risen 5.5% during that period.
This Council agrees to write to the Prime Minister and local Conservative Members of Parliament for Gedling borough, calling on them to immediately reverse this disgraceful accounting con, which has short-changed disadvantaged children and schools in our borough and across Nottinghamshire.
There then followed a debate on the motion and the proposition was put to a named vote as follows:
For the motion:
Councillors Peter Barnes, Sandra Barnes, Bosworth, Boyle, Brooks, Clarke, Clunie, Collis, Creamer, David Ellis, Rachael Ellis, Roxanne Ellis, Ellwood, Feeney, Fox, Gibbons, Gregory, Hemingway, Hollingsworth, Hope, Keneally, Lawrence, Ron McCrossen, Viv McCrossen, Miller, Najuk, Paling, Payne, Scroggie, Towsey-Hinton, Truscott, Wheeler, Wilkinson.
Against the motion:
None.
Abstentions:
Councillors Adams, Barnfather, Elliott, Greensmith, Murray, Parr, Martin Smith and Sam Smith.
The Mayor declared the motion carried and it was
RESOLVED that:
This Council:
1) Is appalled by the Conservative Government’s recent administrative sleight of hand, which moved the census date for school Pupil Premium funding allocations from the normal annual date of January (2021) to October 2020, resulting in hundreds of pupils in Nottinghamshire who rely on free school meals being ignored when Pupil Premium allocations were recorded and allocated;
2) Condemns this recent accounting con by the Conservative Government that will short-change children and schools in receipt of Pupil Premium. Nottinghamshire County Council figures indicate that at least 1,200 children will be affected, leaving at least a £1.5m shortfall across the county’s schools;
3) Notes the Conservative Government has refused to u-turn on their decision to move the cut-off date for Pupil Premium allocation from January 2021 to October 2020, which has excluded children driven into hardship since October, even though they know Universal Credit claimants have risen 5.5% during that period; and
4) Agrees to write to the Prime Minister and local Conservative Members of Parliament for Gedling borough, calling on them to immediately reverse this disgraceful accounting con, which has short-changed disadvantaged children and schools in our borough and across Nottinghamshire.