Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today we look back at a poignant poem from Unite’s Joy Johnson, who…Read more…
Latest free school meals scandal
A company with Tory links contracted to supply free school meals has outrageously short-changed struggling families, with food parcels that are meant to be worth £30 only containing food worth little…Read more…
Crisis of hunger
The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a crisis of hunger, as new figures from the Trussell Trust food bank network show a surge in demand for food parcels since the pandemic began. The latest…Read more…
‘Selfness, kindness, togetherness’
Marcus Rashford’s campaign to press the government to extend free school meals over the holidays may have had a setback this week when Tory MPs almost unanimously voted against the idea – but the…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Union learning reps This week, Unite has joined a…Read more…
‘This is not going away anytime soon’
The government faces mounting pressure from professional footballer Marcus Rashford, now with the backing of the Labour party, to extend free school meals into the Christmas holidays and beyond. Amid…Read more…