The best way for councils to run efficient services is for them to be adequately resourced and staffed.
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Councils need proper funding not further efficiency savings
The best way for councils to run efficient services is for them to be adequately resourced and staffed.
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Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers
Ministers are entirely responsible for the funding crisis that’s putting schools in this impossible position.
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Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers
Ministers are entirely responsible for the funding crisis that’s putting schools in this impossible position.
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Come clean about school risks and invest to remedy problems
Years of neglect and underfunding have worsened the situation, leaving some schools on the verge of collapse.
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Come clean about school risks and invest to remedy problems
Years of neglect and underfunding have worsened the situation, leaving some schools on the verge of collapse.
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The cash crisis in councils is worsening by the day
That will mean even more cuts to services and further hardship for communities everywhere.
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The cash crisis in councils is worsening by the day
That will mean even more cuts to services and further hardship for communities everywhere.
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Ministers must come clean on the full scale of crumbly concrete
This will only add to the uncertainty and anxiety already being felt by pupils, parents and staff.
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Ministers must come clean on the full scale of crumbly concrete
This will only add to the uncertainty and anxiety already being felt by pupils, parents and staff.
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Details of crumbling schools must be published, says UNISON
Parents, carers and staff should be told if any school buildings are on the brink of collapse.
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Raise wage offer and prevent more university strikes, says UNISON
Staff are already leaving for better-paid jobs in supermarkets, warehouses and coffee shops.
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Food Standards Agency strike ballot could mean Christmas meat shortages, says UNISON
The FSA needs to come up with a significantly higher offer to avoid any disruption.
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Headteachers fear losing increasingly vital teaching assistants as cost-of-living pressures bites
To halt the exodus of teaching assistants they need to be better rewarded
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Unions react to pay offer for council and school staff
Council and school workers are enduring a major cost of living crisis.
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University staff reject below-inflation pay offer and vote on strike action
No worker wants to go out on strike, but staff can’t afford to feed their kids, pay for housing or fill up their petrol tanks
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Staff changes will create risks to children and drive staff out of early years education
Instead of trying to provide education on the cheap, the government must improve funding for the sector
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Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff
The sector urgently needs long-term investment
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Low pay and pensions issues prompt further strikes at universities, says UNISON
The importance of university staff during the pandemic cannot be overstated.
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Academy orders issued to schools in Hallam Diocese ‘unlawfully’, say education unions
Trying to force through mass changes to academy status is not only wrong-headed, it’s a complete distraction.
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