Unite’s retired members, together with Unite Community, are fighting to save free TV licences for over 75s after the government suspended them last month. From August 1, only pensioners over 75 who…Read more…
Suspend London Dial-a-Ride service call after driver dies
Following the tragic death of Unite member Patrick David last weekend from Covid-19, Unite is demanding that Transport for London’s Dial-a-Ride service, for which Mr David worked, be temporarily…Read more…
‘Chaos and confusion’
Theresa May was forced into a humiliating U-turn today (May 22) over the Tories’ “dementia tax” manifesto pledge – just four days after she announced it. May rowed back after it became…Read more…
No mercy May
Theresa May was described as a “dementia taxing” “lunch snatcher” today, as she launched a Tory manifesto that would see a continuation of damaging policies for ordinary families and increased tax…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…
Staff and residents lobby Northern Ireland Assembly in bid to save residential care homes
‘We cannot afford to walk away from the care needs of our elders – and nor can our politicians’
The article Staff and residents lobby Northern Ireland Assembly in bid to save residential care homes…Read more…