Labour’s candidate for mayor of London on the important role UNISON members have to play in the forthcoming elections
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Serious crime rises as police numbers fall, warns UNISON
Serious crime is on the rise again after years of steady falls in offending, and UNISON believes government cutbacks in policing are to blame. Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime…Read more…
Giving police volunteers rights to use weapons is a step too far, says UNISON
Controversial new proposals to arm volunteer police community support officers (PCSOs) with CS gas and PAVA spray – due to be discussed later today (Monday) in Parliament – are a step too far, says…Read more…
UNISON calls for overhaul of the guarding of crime scenes
Vital evidence risks being destroyed because police forces are failing to properly train and protect the support staff who regularly guard crime scenes, says a UNISON report today (Saturday). The…Read more…
Christmas cheer and charity
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
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Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive
‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
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UNISON warns of risk to community policing as cuts bite in Suffolk
Cuts over the last few years mean that community policy in Suffolk is in danger, warns UNISON, launching campaign to defend the service
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UNISON reacts to police budgets announcement in today’s spending review
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “It would have been unthinkable to cut police budgets in light of the dreadful events in Paris. “The 25 per cent cuts that have been imposed since 2010…Read more…
Police cuts threaten neighbourhood policing at time of heightened terrorist threat, says UNISON
Nearly a third (30 per cent) of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England have been cut since 2010, says UNISON today (Monday). UNISON warns that the government’s determination to rid the…Read more…
We’ll support the police staff who keep our homes safe
Experience after experience has shown that privatisation is a false economy
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Further cuts to police forces could jeopardise public safety and lead to more industrial unrest, warns UNISON
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has today (Thursday) warned that more cuts to police jobs and budgets could jeopardise public safety, and lead to industrial unrest. In his speech to the union’s…Read more…
Prentis condemns government hypocrisy on facility time
General secretary pledges resources to police and justice staff as he addresses conference
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UNISON condemns plan to slash Essex police service
Essex police force unveils plan to axe PCSOs and close stations in the county
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Prentis visits Yorkshire to meets branches
Dave Prentis answered the requests of branches and employers to visit Yorkshire for a series of meetings this week
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