GLASGOW councillors are expected to agree a report from Audit Scotland concluding the equal pay dispute which spanned more than a decade.

A document which is being presented to the city administration committee on Thursday, via teleconference, completes the settlement and acknowledges the council’s ongoing commitment to implement a new pay and grading structure.

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Findings from the statutory report, which was circulated to all council members on January 3 and scrutinised shortly after, were published on Audit Scotland’s website on February 6.

A report of this nature would normally be presented at the next full council meeting, but with the country in lockdown, it was decided the findings would be submitted to the city administration committee for approval.

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The Accounts Commission report states: “We are therefore pleased to commend the council on the Controller’s conclusion that it has successfully delivered a challenging and complicated project within a relatively short period of time.

“We welcome the effective governance arrangements that the council put in place to oversee the project, alongside appropriate controls to the calculation and payment of settlements.”

The report also recognises the ongoing effort to help those not covered in this agreement and accepts that further claims may arise.

A council spokesman said: “This was one of the biggest projects of its kind ever undertaken by a local authority – delivered against an extremely challenging timescale.

“We’re obviously pleased that the commission has recognised this and endorsed the governance arrangements put in place by the council.

“At all times, our priority has been to get the right result for claimants, the rest of our workforce and the hundreds of thousands of Glaswegians who depend upon the services the council provides.”