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National media team

These numbers are for media use only, not for queries about membership or general enquiries about the union.

The main press office email address is press@unison.co.uk. You can contact individual members of the team as below. For the weekend of 25/26 January, Anthony Barnes is on duty if there is a pressing media enquiry. Please whatsapp/text/call as email will not be constantly monitored:

Anthony Barnes M: 07834 864794 E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk
Fatima Ayad M: 07508 080383 E: f.ayad@unison.co.uk
Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 E: press@unison.co.uk
Dan Ashley M: 07789 518992 E: d.ashley@unison.co.uk

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Caring for carers is an investment for future

Good support from social services is an absolutely necessary investment because without it carers cannot keep going

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Top marks for board of schools cooperative society backing the living wage

The board of schools cooperative society is urging all its 600 member schools to consider implementing the living wage, following a joint agreement with the largest UK union, UNISON

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‘Disgrace’ as MPs claim £200k to pay for second homes’ energy bills

Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, said: “It’s disgraceful that well-paid MPs should claim expenses for heating costs at the same time that thousands of families are struggling to pay to turn the oven on.

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Does your MP claim energy bills on expences?

Unison chief Mr Prentis said: “If 310 MPs did the right thing by choosing not to claim expenses for fuel bills, why did the other 340 think they were entitled to free fuel?”

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Strike over ‘phantom pay rise’ leaves universities and colleges resembling ghost towns

Many universities and colleges across the country resemble ghost towns with UNISON members in Higher Education staging a one day walkout in a protest over a phantom pay rise.

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Historic UK wide strike to hit universities

The UK wide strike is to go ahead after university employers ignored calls to make a last minute improved offer to defuse tensions and avoid disruption to students

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UNISON brands axing of 1,500 Environment Agency jobs ‘potentially catastrophic’

The storms this week should act as a warning to the Environment Agency and the public that making these cuts is not only dangerous but potentially catastrophic

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CQC report should ring alarm bells in Government

Christina McAnea, head of health at the Unison union, said the figures were a “shocking indictment of this Government’s management of the NHS”.

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UNISON condemns NHS Direct closure as a waste of jobs and money

Taxpayers will lose 20 million pounds

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CQC report should ring alarm bells in Government

CQC report shows shocking indictment of this governments management of the NHS

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UNISON responds to appointment of Simon Stevens as NHS chief executive

The new chief executive of the NHS must respect and share the values of our health service – universal healthcare that is free at the point of need.

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Council funding cuts force care firms to pay less than the minimum wage

Heather Wakefield, Unison’s head of local government, said: “The government have made such swingeing cuts to council grants that forces social care providers into cutting pay and conditions…

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BBC News captures UNISON Cameron challenge

UNISON’s Steve Akers challenges Prime Minister David Cameron over plans to close the ACE Children’s Centre in Chipping Norton

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UNISON welcomes new guidance on school medicines

UNISON is pleased that the Department for Education has listened to concerns from the union and other campaigners, by proposing an amendment to introduce statutory guidance on pupil health needs and the administration of medicine.

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Time for action on ambulance dispute

UNISON, the UK’s largest ambulance union, today called on ambulance trusts across England to act now to head-off strike action in the service.

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