Equal pay ‘timebomb’

COUNCILS across the Lothians are still dealing with thousands of outstanding equal pay claims, new figures have shown.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Sep 2012, 13:00 BST

Statistics obtained by the Scottish Conservatives revealed that Edinburgh City Council has 2219 cases to settle.

Midlothian Council has a backlog of 471 cases, with 382 still be settled in West Lothian and 76 outstanding in East  Lothian.

Scottish Conservative local government spokeswoman Margaret Mitchell MSP said: “The issue of equal pay is still a ticking timebomb.”