Unison has achieved victory in the campaign to scrap the cap on exit payments at £95,000. The Government has now abandoned the changes as they meant moderately paid staff could have been affected, especially those over 55 taking redundancy. Read more &…Read more…
Branch Annual Report
The annual report details the hard work undertaken by branch officers during 2018. Well worth a read…. 2018 AdvertisementsRead more…
Inferior university pension plans must not become the norm
New pension schemes will leave staff struggling to plan for retirement and significantly worse off in their old age
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Unison Retired Members Conference 10-11 October 2017
The branch retired member’s secretary attended the National Retired Members Conference in Llandudno 10-11 October 2017. Topics discussed include: WASPI Issues faced by the disabled Social care provision The problems of means testing The report is well worth a read … Continue reading…Read more…
Epidemic of loneliness
Men are suffering from a “silent epidemic” of loneliness, new research published this week shows, with more than one in 10 feeling lonely every day. The research was released to coincide with…Read more…
Flush with cash?
Pensioners earn more than working-age people for the first time ever, newspapers declared earlier this week (February 12). It’s a shocking headline to be sure, but just how true is it? The…Read more…
Retired Members Conference Southport 2016
The branch sent a delegate to the Unison National Retired Members’ Conference held in Southport during October 2016. Their report covers: Women’s SOG meeting Social Care Transport Energy all issues which affect pensioners locally and nationally –…Read more…
Forced to retire early
Nearly half a million people in the UK are forced to retire before the state pension age because of illness or disability, a new TUC report has found, which accounts for on average one in eight…Read more…
Get set for state pension changes
The state pension is changing from 6 April 2016 – members will be asking about the implications for their future
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