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Katrine Bussey & Peter A Walker

Cost of settling equal pay claims in Glasgow rises to £770 million

Scotland’s largest council has agreed to pay around £770m to settle equal pay claims.

Glasgow City Council said it will pay around 19,000 former and current workers, covering a “gap period” between an initial agreement in 2018 and the implementation of a new pay and grading system.

Council leader Susan Aitken said she is “delighted” the authority can “deliver the final stage of pay justice” that women working for the authority “fought long and hard for”.

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