Welcoming the news, COSLA's Resources Spokesperson, Councillor Katie Hagmann, said: "I’m pleased that GMB and UNITE members, alongside UNISON, have voted to accept the strong two-year pay offer from COSLA. This means a two year pay settlement has been agreed – which will bring a welcome period of stability and certainty about pay for our workforce.

"In agreeing this pay settlement, which is worth 4% in year 1, effective from 1st April 2025, and a further 3.5% increase in year 2 from 1st April 2026, Council Leaders recognise the value our employees in Scotland’s councils deliver every day.

"Councils are now able take forward work to get the pay increase of 7.64% over the two-year period into the pockets of our workforce. While the agreement will have come too late for most councils’ July pay runs we know that payroll teams locally will be working hard to implement the uplift and any backpay due in the next months.”