£13.3m gone from youth services in just three years
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UNISON comments on new guidance for creation of NHS subsidiary companies
UNISON will be making full use of this guidance in our scrutiny of any future trust plans to set up subsidiaries
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UNISON comments on Ailsa hospital attack
Serious assault on health worker
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Pay staff fairly to solve the crisis in care, says new report
The crisis in care can no longer be ignored
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Cuts to school support staff could leave vulnerable children at risk
School support staff are true stars in our schools
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Government must give bold hydrogen scheme the go-ahead, says UNISON
Reduce carbon emissions and create thousands of jobs
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Government ‘short-changing’ nurses on education and training, says UNISON ahead of Westminster debate
UNISON is urging MPs to highlight the urgent need for substantial investment in education and training for nurses and other healthcare staff. The call comes ahead of a special debate later…Read more…
UNISON comments on health think-tank joint briefing into staffing shortfall in the NHS
Instead of investing in staffing, ministers introduced restrictive immigration policies and cut training budgets, all of which end up costing the NHS more than necessary in the long term
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UNISON reacts to Brexit draft deal between the UK and the EU
Any deal that fails to protect public services, defend rights at work and avoid a hard border in Ireland is a deal that’s bad for all of us
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Government ‘squandering’ nursing apprenticeship prospects, says UNISON
Responding to the latest figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the numbers joining and leaving its register, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The increase in nurses and…Read more…
Government should ensure public service staff get the living wage, says UNISON
Responding to the announcement today (Monday) that the real living wage is to increase nationally to £9 an hour and to £10.55 in London, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The vast majority…Read more…
London march to save the arts and libraries
Hundreds of people will march from the British Library to Parliament Square tomorrow (Saturday) to call for an end to the cuts hitting the arts and libraries across the country. Members of UNISON,…Read more…
There must be no hiding place for bullies in the ambulance service
Unhappy, bullied and harassed ambulance employees are in no one’s interest
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UNISON wins legal pay out for 5,000 low-paid women in schools and nurseries in Greenwich
This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
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‘Empty nest’ couples and people without children robbed of benefit boost, says UNISON
Low-paid working couples who receive benefits and whose children have left home will be denied a pay boost by the Chancellor, UNISON said today (Wednesday). Childless people on universal credit will…Read more…
UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services
More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
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PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts
The Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome
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Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare
Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state
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Vulnerable people suffering because care workers are pushed to the limit, says UNISON
Care staff are often too overworked to have time to take elderly people to the toilet, give them a wash or console those in distress, according to a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The…Read more…
Residents face losing essential services as council finance crisis deepens, say councillors
This new insight from those at the heart of decision-making on where money is spent – and axed from budgets – is deeply concerning.
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