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Labour’s pledge to create insourcing wave for public services is welcome, says UNISON

End the race to the bottom

Government must get a grip on fuel crisis to protect essential services, says UNISON

Key workers mustn’t be left stranded or forced to queue for hours simply to get to a pump.

Poorest will be hardest hit by lack of government energy plan, says UNISON 

Intervention needed to prevent heating or eating choices

Invest in the health workforce and public services to learn pandemic lessons

Keynote speech renews call for immediate pandemic inquiry

UNISON health members deliver damning verdict on government’s 3% increase 

Pay will be key topic at UNISON health conference

Scrap mandatory vaccine deadline or risk decimating the care sector, says UNISON

Christina McAnea warns of ‘catastrophic’ staffing crisis unless government abandons draconian policy

Huge vacancy rates across care sector adding to staff mental health crisis

The government’s failure to deal with ​the growing staffing ​crisis in social care ​risks worsening the mounting mental health toll on workers, says UNISON

Don’t wait until it’s too late to bring back mask wearing and social distancing

Making mask wearing optional back in the summer was a mistake

A new deal for employment would make a huge difference

Low pay, precarious contracts and minimal sick pay have no place in the modern world of work

A new post-pandemic deal is needed for public services

Covid has had a profound effect on public service staff

Mandatory vaccination risks worsening NHS staff shortage

Compulsory jabs for health workers could harm take-up

Mandatory vaccination risks worsening NHS staff shortage

Compulsory jabs for health workers could harm take-up

Government has no plan for social care, says UNISON

Christina McAnea says £5.3bn promised comes nowhere near what’s needed

New social care levy shows government priorities are all wrong, says UNISON       

Christina McAnea says government wrong to focus on funding before reform

Ministers must end jab compulsion to prevent care home catastrophe

Action needed immediately to stop staffing crisis

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