Tax relief for NHS staff – don’t lose out!

We know that the current cost of living crisis, years of below-inflation pay increases and inadequate mileage reimbursement rates mean that our members working in the NHS are under an increasing amount of financial strain. And we know that for many of our members, all of this means every penny matters when it comes to […]

A group of Mitie workers with Christina McAnea on a visit to UNISON Centre

Dudley MP raises Mitie strikers’ struggle in the Commons

Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP says she will make sure the case of the Dudley workers is looked at

UNISON ‘unequivocally condemns’ Tory donor’s ‘horrific abuse’

‘No woman in public life should have to accept this kind of abuse and intimidation’

UNISON centre sign

Proposals that seek to limit the right to peaceful protest must be rejected, says UNISON

Union is ‘extremely concerned’ at reports that MPs, councillors and Labour-affiliated unions should cut ties with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Community members stage a photo op in support of a national care service at UNISON's national community seminar and conference 2024

Fragmented and under-funded

Delegates at UNISON’s national community conference heard how funding and organising pose particular issues across the sector

Angela Rayner speaks from the podium at UNISON national community conference 2024

Community conference told: ‘You are the stewards of the New Deal’

Angela Rayner spoke to delegates at community conference 2024 to tell them “our movement is bigger than the sum of its parts and we will achieve together”

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Ramadan 2024: Your rights at work

ACAS and EHRC guidance provides employers with a range of best practices during the holy month, for example, by allowing Muslim workers to start their work day earlier

7 people, all in the same blue shirts walk away from camera across a field, the sun setting in the distance. It is a diverse group with a child and a person in a wheelchair. Some of them have their arms around each others shoulders

UNISON opinion: This is what community looks like

They’re the most diverse group of members in the union, but they have an awful lot in common – as they meet this weekend in Chester, welcome to the community service group

Mother with two young children on sofa

What does the budget really mean for you?

Let’s look behind the headlines, avoid the spin, and separate the fact from the fiction of this week’s budget

Helga Pile

UNISON opinion: Let’s talk about flex

By embracing flexible working in the NHS, we are setting ourselves on the path to a happier, healthier workforce and a better service for patients

UNISON opinion: The budget will deliver more cuts and more pain

‘After fourteen years of economic mismanagement, I know what to expect from tomorrow’s budget’

Bolton Council building

UNISON opinion: Why councils are on the brink – and how they can be pulled back

Everyone knows why councils are on the brink of bankruptcy – a massive 41% cut in government funding over a decade, while demand for services has grown. But there is an alternative for a sustainable future for the local services we all rely on

MPs pledge to support a national care service

A UNISON event at parliament sought to ignite the political will in Westminster to make a national care service a reality

Shantha David

UNISON opinion: Why could tribunal fees be on the way back?

UNISON beat the government in a landmark legal win in 2018, securing the scrapping of employment tribunal fees. So why is the government trying to bring them back?

From left to right, Andrew Gwynne MP, Christina McAnea, Wes Streeting MP and Andrew Harrop - general secretary of the Fabians society sit at the top table of the national care service summit hosted at UNISON centre, a national care service summit graphic on a tv screen behind them.

Making a national care service – from roadmap to reality

UNISON hosted the Fabian Society’s National Care Service Summit, bringing together stakeholders to discuss the practicalities of creating a national care service