The British government’s austerity campaign is “punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous” and has caused “great misery” not for any economic requirement but to satisfy a political aim of social…Read more…
‘Winning hearts and minds’
Unite will join the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) on Saturday (November 17) at its ‘Boot Camp’ event to explore ways to best to communicate the Left’s approach to the most pressing…Read more…
‘No-go zone’
London cabbies have sounded the alarm over gang-related attacks in Lisson Grove, an area in the capital that many taxi drivers have described as a ‘no-go zone’. While Lisson Grove, a main…Read more…
‘Dangerous development’
Paramedics in the south of England will receive “restraint training” because there are not enough police to respond to dangerous callouts, as Tory cuts to the police numbers continue to be felt…Read more…
‘No bonanza’
Economic experts have demolished Tory claims that yesterday’s (October 29) Budget is “ending austerity”. In a damning analysis the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) pointed out that headline…Read more…
Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare
Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state
The article Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
End austerity now call
Labour has called on the chancellor Philip Hammond to use next week’s budget to make good on the prime minister’s pledge to end austerity. In a speech to trade union and business…Read more…
Council workers pawning belongings to make ends meet, says UNISON
It’s shocking that so many people in jobs are still struggling financially and living in poverty.
The article Council workers pawning belongings to make ends meet, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
No more cuts to public services summit – Clydebank
Clydebank TUC and West Dunbartonshire Joint Trade Unions are holding a local summit in Clydebank on Saturday.
The event is called "No More Cuts to Public Services" and has some great speakers lined up.
It is supported by UNISON, Unite, the EIS and GMB, and takes place from 11am to 2pm at Clydebank Town Hall on 27 October.Read more…
Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz delivering on election manifesto promises and shares power
On Monday evening Newham Council Cabinet & Mayoral proceedings was important, historic, a little exciting yet also reassuringly mundane. In the finest tradition of UK Local Government.
There was a mass of important Council business to wade throug…Read more…
‘Misery-causing monster’
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey admitted yesterday (October 11) that Universal Credit (UC) will make people worse off – as pressure increased on the government for it to be scrapped. …Read more…
Stranger on the beach
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs, a metal worker from Teesside made a powerful, passionate speech on the damage done to local government because of this Conservative government’s policy on…Read more…
‘Damning indictment of Tory cuts’
Nearly 5m children are living in poverty according to shocking new cross-party analysis that shows povertyOver 15m adults and children in poverty says shocking new report rates are even higher than…Read more…
Defeating the austerity offensive
Seconding a motion on social security and austerity today (September 12), Unite delegate Anna Rothery urged the TUC conference to “look at the bigger picture.” “Cuts to social security, the…Read more…
Cut to the bone
Unite delegate Julie Phipps spoke on Monday (September 10) at TUC conference in Manchester on the public sector. “Conference, public services have been underfunded and cut to the bone in the…Read more…
‘New approach clamour cannot be ignored’
Britain’s economy needs radical reform – including raising the minimum wage and greater trade union powers – to address stagnating living standards and rising inequality, a major new report has…Read more…
Cruel regime overhaul call
The taxpayer is estimated to be spending over a £100m a year on benefit appeals by sick and disabled people – even though more than two thirds of tribunals rule in favour of the claimant. The…Read more…
End austerity call
The government today (August 21) announced its biggest budget surplus in nearly two decades – a development Unite says is proof that needless austerity must end. Experts had estimated a July…Read more…
Reading Labour council proposes to “market test” services
An emergency measure for local government crisis – suspend debt payments The virtual collapse of the council in Northampton is … MoreRead more…
‘Without parallel’
Years of mismanagement and cuts to local authority funding have placed the Tory-run Northamptonshire county council in a near-untenable position as it scrambles to provide services to vulnerable…Read more…