The Latest Breaking News from CoSLA

A clean-up operation has begun in Edinburgh following more than a week of strike action by local refuse workers, with garbage piling up on most of the cities historic streets - but council reps hope that an end to the dispute is on the horizon

COUNCIL bosses have made a fourth revised pay offer to staff in a bid to avert further strike action which could close schools next week.

EXCLUSIVE: Council umbrella group COSLA has agreed to table a plan that would cap pay rises for the better off at £3,000.

Strikes due to go ahead next week could be suspended if the new proposal is accepted.

Schools and nurseries across both North and South Lanarkshire will be shut to pupils from September 6-8

Both Unite and GMB Scotland unions - who represent Tayside Contracts members and local bin collectors respectively - refused Cosla’s five per cent pay rise offer, with add-ons, on Monday

Johanna Baxter from Unison Scotland said it is now down to Cosla to determine whether to revise the pay offer at the centre of a row.

MARATHON talks between Nicola Sturgeon, unions and local authority bosses have ended without a deal.

First Minister stated that Scottish Government budget to negotiate with 'is finite'

Cleanup begins in cities but unions and council bosses remain far apart on pay offers

The Scottish Government has urged unions and councils to ‘continue to seek a fair and sustainable settlement’ in their pay dispute.