Finances have been hit by increased spending to deal with COVID and a reduction in income because of the pandemic
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The government needs to ‘sling their hook’
Local government delegates agree it’s essential to get rid of the Conservative government in order to save our services
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Love your library? Tell us about it
UNISON survey of library workers will look at the effects of austerity cuts on the service
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Save Our Services blog: The trading standards officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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Save Our Services blog: The environmental health officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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SOS Day for libraries
Our Save Our Services campaign day of action this year takes place on 19 October and is focused on libraries. Libraries are a hub and a haven in our communities. They offer a place for people to…Read more…
Neighbourhood services in crisis
Natalie Ntim blogs
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Save Our Services: How cuts are hitting Black people
Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession
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‘Ten thousand books were pulped’ – your library stories
UNISON members share their experiences of what the local government cuts have meant for library services where they live and work
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Public pay the price of job cuts
Without a backbone of administrative and clerical workers to help take the strain, our vital local services will collapse
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Social care services for older people
Where next for UNISON’s Save Our Local Services campaign in 2016?
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When bus services are axed, it can isolate communities
“We are living in isolation” – Michelle Wilkes describes the impact of bus service cuts on her community
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How can you run a campaign to defend a service?
Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?
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English college review risks jobs and closures, warns union
‘Area-based reviews’ part of restructuring plans for post-16 education prompted by ‘the need to cut public expenditure’
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Unravelling the myths about austerity
There are many myths about the cuts and the need for austerity – here, we’ve picked out five of the main ones
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Union campaign saves local libraries
Neath Port Talbot reverses plans to close libraries, mobile library service and museum after UNISON-organised petition
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Save our services – where our campaign’s going in 2016
The local services we all benefit from need our help
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