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Care workers left high and dry by chancellor

Government money not enough to fix broken care system

Divide and rule won’t help the economic recovery

Chancellor’s plan is austerity plain and simple

surgical mask and rubber gloves

Shockingly poor government planning left health and care staff vulnerable to the virus

Ministers reacted too slowly when buying protective kit

Police officers on a Glasgow street

Government must intervene to protect policing in Warwickshire 

Plans to cut 85 police staff roles must be halted

Pay restraint is a ‘cruel blow’ for those working tirelessly in the pandemic, says UNISON

Staff need pay rise to maintain morale

Government must let schools go online to rescue Christmas

Switch two weeks before Christmas would make all the difference

Covid contracts need proper scrutiny to end gravy train

Ministers must be held to account after spending billions of pounds of public money 

Government must end poverty pay for care staff, says UNISON

Overwhelming public support for social care worker wage rise

Government must urgently tackle funding problems for struggling councils, says UNISON

Council workers should not pay the price for budget problems

Pay rise and student support are key to increasing nursing numbers

Workforce must be built as registration slows

Staff need training and support to deliver mass testing to students, says UNISON    

Workers must be protected from risk and funding must be in place

Care staff deserve equal pay with the NHS

Reform of the care sector is long overdue

woman holding living wage sign

Living wage increase leaves many thousands of health and care staff behind

Ministers must give a well-earned pay rise to all those caring for us

Government must grant NHS staff a wage rise by Christmas, say health unions

Increase needed to show ministers value staff

Education staff need ​an urgent ​new safety ​plan for schools, says UNISON

Government must explain science behind keeping schools open

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