Workers for private contractors are the fastest growing group of UNISON members
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‘Wrong-headed’
Unite has described the announcement today (June 18) that troubled outsourcing giant Capita has been awarded the contract for the privatisation of Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters and defence…Read more…
Councils are bringing public services back in house
Conference calls for full review of outsourcing as tide begins to turn
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UNISON urges government to scrap damaging NHS competition rules
Ministers should scrap the damaging competition rules that force the NHS to sell off its services to private firms.
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‘Welcome intervention’
The influential House of Commons Defence select committee has called for ‘a pause’ over the possible privatisation of Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters. Unite has welcomed the committee’s…Read more…
End of the line
Unite has called for the East Coast rail service to be permanently taken back into public ownership, following the government’s decision to temporarily renationalise it in the wake of its operators…Read more…
Capita failure
“Way below standard” NHS services provided by outsourcing firm Capita to 39,000 GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists “potentially put patients at risk of serious harm”, the National Audit Office…Read more…
UNISON vows to step up fight on wholly owned subsidiaries
Delegates at UNISON health conference voice their anger over trusts’ moves to transfer staff and create two-tier workforces
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Privatising overnight supervision in probation hostels risks public safety
With this dangerous experiment, ministers are gambling with public safety
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UNISON calls for a new set of principles for public service contracts
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has written to the Minister for the Cabinet Office calling for a new public service ethos to underpin the delivery of services
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Privatisation plans scrapped
Unite and other health unions celebrated a victory against NHS privatisation at the weekend after a Bristol Trust said it would scrap plans to transfer about 850 non-medical staff to a private…Read more…
Lessons from the collapse of Carillion
There is a lot to unpick from Carillion’s demise and the lessons to be drawn. Here are some initial observations. The House of Commons Library Briefing, The collapse of Carillion, tells us that “In the eight years from 2009 to 2016, Carillion pai…Read more…
‘Carillion-style Pandora’s Box’?
The NHS faces a ‘Pandora’s Box of Carillion-type meltdowns’, if trusts continue to set up subsidiaries to avoid paying tax, Unite warned today (January 16). Unite has written to the health and…Read more…
‘A watershed moment’
As construction and outsourcing firm Carillion collapsed into liquidation yesterday (January 15), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to privatisation of public services. In a video…Read more…
‘We don’t know what’s going on’
The implosion of Carillion sent shockwaves across the country today, as thousands of workers waited anxiously to hear about the future of their jobs. Hundreds of social housing workers in…Read more…
Business as usual?
Construction giant Carillion’s dramatic collapse today (January 15) has raised fears that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk, while the public services and projects the firm was contracted to…Read more…
Councillor Report 3.1.17 – “Could we become Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV) Two?”
This is my latest written report (previous one 7 December 2017).
Council Issues
Meeting with Senior Council officers
13 December. I met again with other concerned backbench Councillors senior officers at Newham Dockside to discuss and examine reports…Read more…
UNISON welcomes West Sussex jobs move
Council brings safeguarding jobs back in house, citing fears that children are at risk because privatised contract delivers too few assessments
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Mitie fine mess
Unite has pledged “maximum support” for its members working for Mitie after the company announced yesterday (September 20) that it may slash up to 480 jobs. The announcement comes as the…Read more…
‘People’s Post Office’
In a show of solidarity with fellow trade union colleagues at the CWU, Unite delegate Kevin Terry spoke in support of an emergency motion on the Royal Mail and its future. “We are continuing…Read more…