A sideways glance at some of the less obvious reasons why you and your friends should fight for a solution to the cost of living crisis at the big national TUC demos on 18 June
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Blog: Get set for a Queen’s Speech that delivers nothing
The Tories in Westminster won’t focus on what needs to be done to tackle the cost of living crisis, but on ‘the wrong things and the wrong time’
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‘Working people cannot afford 12 more years of decline’
After Labour’s success at the polls last week, deputy leader Angela Rayner talks exclusively to UNISON about her upbringing and what is really needed to fix the cost of living crisis
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Interest rate rise ‘will add to pain’ felt by ordinary families
Unite today (May 5) warned that yet another interest rate rise – the fourth consecutive rise in a row since December – will add to the financial pressure facing millions of ordinary families amid an…Read more…
Blog: Use Thursday to hit the Tories in the ballot box
As service users as well as providers, UNISON members know the challenges faced by councils after a decade of Conservative cuts
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UK councils braced for summer shutdowns
Councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are braced for summer shutdowns as local authority worker strikes spread, Unite has warned. Workers in Hackney, Rugby and across Northern…Read more…
Join UNISON to take action on the cost of living crisis
The country is in the middle of a massive cost of living crisis and the government is failing to act – so join us in June to get the message across
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NEC hears how the cost of living is dominating the union’s work
Meeting also continues preparations for the union’s first in-person national delegate conference since before the pandemic
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Inflation surge continues
New inflation figures published today (April 13) reveal that the CPI inflation rate has soared to 7 per cent in the year to March, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest…Read more…
Blog: UK government can – and must – act on cost of living
HMRC mileage rates are woefully out of date and sorting this out is just one way to help struggling workers
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Steepest drop in real wages since 2014
Real wages have fallen by 1 per cent in the three months to February – the steepest drop since 2014 – according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The…Read more…
Energy strategy must guarantee jobs
The government today (April 7) announced a long-delayed energy strategy amid skyrocketing energy prices attributed to spiking demand following pandemic lockdowns as well as the war in Ukraine. But…Read more…
‘Unnecessary rise’ in National Insurance slammed
On the day that National Insurance is hiked by 1.25 per cent for millions of workers today (April 6), Unite has reiterated its call for the government to tax the “profits piled up by pandemic…Read more…
Blog: The chancellor should look again at the impact of NI tax hike
This government needs to get a grip and start making political choices that help workers, rather than punishing them.
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Riverside Bakery pay win
Strike action at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has been cancelled after Unite negotiated a pay deal worth nearly seven per cent for around 170 workers. The workers were due to commence continuous…Read more…
Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay
Urgent action needed to stop further slide into poverty
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‘Pitiful and insulting’ police staff pay offer
Vital police staff, such as 999 call handlers, are being urged to reject a ‘pitiful and insulting’ 2.1 per cent pay offer over a 17-month period, as the country faces the biggest cost of living…Read more…
Ending free Covid tests could threaten public services
Provision of tests needed to contain infection spread
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‘Another slap in the face for NHS staff’
Unite has slammed the government for ending free car parking for NHS staff in England this week, as it highlighted rock-bottom morale among health workers and a cost of living crisis that has hit so…Read more…
Community debt advisers ‘on front line in cost of living crisis’
Unite is calling on the government to invest in community-based debt advice in response to the cost of living crisis which is creating financial misery for millions. Unite is calling for the…Read more…