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Frontline staff face lottery when it comes to essential criminal-check costs

Law needs to change to stop the lowest paid being charged to work

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Cruel migration plans are a disaster for health and social care

Government accused of playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right

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Council funding boost will do nothing to fix deep-rooted problems in social care

What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.

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Boosting sick pay during the pandemic would have helped prevent virus spread

Matt Hancock’s enthusiasm for boosting sick pay would have been far more helpful when he was health secretary

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Matt Hancock continues to ‘shirk responsibility’ for pandemic lives lost, says UNISON   

Christina McAnea says ministers must show they ‘care about social care’

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Rising visa fees and reduced student numbers could worsen NHS recruitment crisis, says UNISON

Ministers have to understand there are consequences to demonising migrant workers, who may choose not to come to the UK

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Government should be investing in schools not banning strikes, says UNISON

Minimum service levels in schools could take away right to strike entirely

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Government must drop cruel migrant curbs and end exploitation in social care

The care system would implode without migrant care staff.

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Jenrick plan to cap migrant workers would collapse care system, says UNISON

Instead of seeking solutions to serious problems, ministers are demonising migrant workers and seeking scapegoats

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Cash-strapped school support staff are paying for pupils’ essentials

Dedicated staff using food banks and cutting back on heating to cope in cost-of-living crisis

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Autumn statement is a cynical ploy that won’t fool the public

Yet again public services didn’t get a look in, aside from being told to deliver more for less.

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Come clean about school risks and invest to remedy problems

Years of neglect and underfunding have worsened the situation, leaving some schools on the verge of collapse.

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Ministers should fix the country rather than reheat failed anti-union laws

Picking fights with unions is a waste of valuable time

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Education support staff in Northern Ireland need urgent action on pay

Reform needed so wages are applied fairly

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Improving wages and fixing social care must be among new health secretary’s priorities

Victoria Atkins will have her work cut out with NHS problems affecting staff and patients

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