Real-terms cuts to school funding since 2015 have led to a big reduction in the number of secondary teachers, teaching assistants and support staff in England, says research published today…Read more…
Schools forced to cut teachers’ and teaching assistants’ posts to make ends meet
Real-terms cuts to school funding since 2015 have led to a big reduction in the number of secondary teachers, teaching assistants and support staff in England, says research published today…Read more…
UNISON women vote to fight for refuges
Refuge services for survivors of domestic violence have been decimated by the public-sector funding cuts, UNISON’s women’s conference heard
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LGA survey shows social workers are struggling to cope
The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe
The article LGA survey shows social workers are struggling to cope first…Read more…
Give councils and schools the cash to fund a decent pay rise and protect services
The government needs to recognise the importance of the jobs council and school workers do
The article Give councils and schools the cash to fund a decent pay rise and protect services first…Read more…
May has questions to answer
Trade unions and Labour have said that Theresa May has questions to answer over cuts to emergency and police services while she was home secretary. Sadiq Khan also this morning warned that the…Read more…
Tories education on a shoestring
At St Nicolas’ Church of England school in Taplow – part of the Prime Minister’s constituency – parents are being asked to donate up to £30 a month to cover a projected £40,000 shortfall and avoid…Read more…
Satirical film starring Claire Sweeney highlights ‘absurdity’ of 15-minute care visits
Satirical film starring Claire Sweeney highlights ‘absurdity’ of 15-minute care visits Former Brookside actress and 60 Minute Makeover presenter Claire Sweeney features in a satire – commissioned by…Read more…
Yorkshire and East Midlands academy job cuts mean more pressure on classroom staff, unions warn
An academy chain with schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside has announced today (Thursday) that as many as 40 support staff could face redundancy over plans to cut budgets. The…Read more…
OPINION: Community Links life-president Kevin Jenkins wonders how Newham can maintain services on a council tax freeze
This article was in last weeks local Newspaper, the “Newham Recorder”. I have had no contact with Kevin about this but it would appear that this highly respected former senior Councillor shares some of my my concerns about the recent budget.
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Police staff vote to accept contract changes, says UNISON
Unions have cut a deal to improve the work-life balance of thousands of police staff as cuts to forces mean smaller workforces, UNISON has announced today (Thursday). As a result, police support…Read more…
‘Proper staff are vital,’ says UNISON as park crisis grows
MPs’ report highlights growing threat to UK’s parks and opens spaces as cuts bite deeper
The article ‘Proper staff are vital,’ says UNISON as park crisis grows first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Hunt ‘come clean’
The cash-strapped NHS could be spending up to £15m on management consultants for advice on the secretive shake-up of the health service in England, Unite has warned today. Unite, with 100,000…Read more…
Chancellor should ensure more money for a fairer deal on migration
Yesterday the TUC released a report calling on the Chancellor to use the Autumn Financial Statement on Wednesday to significantly increase the amount going to a Migration Impacts Fund so that areas that have experienced industrial decline, cuts to services and significant recent increases in…Read more…
Cutbacks leaving LGBT people without specialist mental and sexual health support
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are facing long waits for appointments at gender identity clinics and being denied specialist mental health counselling because of cutbacks, says…Read more…
School Cuts (92% of schools will have their funding cut in England); Book Launch & Demo
Check out the http://www.schoolcuts.org.uk website and enter your postcode and you will see the schools around you that face savage Government cuts in funding. Incredibly 92% of schools face cuts, an average primary school will face £96,000 cut and average Secondary £290,000.
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UNISON Northern Ireland warns of care home crisis
Closures of care homes increasing as private firms run into trouble
The article UNISON Northern Ireland warns of care home crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Care cuts: ‘A toxic mix’
Crippling social care cuts are hitting poor elderly people the hardest and leaving an increasing number of care homes on the brink of closure, a new report has found. The King’s Fund and…Read more…
Finding a way through Brexit
As the UK wonders what happens next in a post-Brexit world, UNISON is acting now
The article Finding a way through Brexit first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
We need a properly funded NHS – make your voice heard
This week’s news that United Lincolnshire Hospital’s NHS Trust will be closing its A&E department in Grantham in the evenings due to staff shortages is, in the words of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, “disappointing, yet unsurprising”. The TUC and health unions, campaigners and think…Read more…