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Our members recognised that all the other priority issues affecting their daily lives require the restoration […]

National executive welcomes general election results and prepares for work ahead

Photo: Mark Pinder | reportdigital.co.uk Commenting today (Friday) on the results of the 2017 general election, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is a remarkable result that few predicted at the start of the campaign – certainly not Theresa May. “From the outset UNISON believed that if Labour shifted the debate onto public services […]

At the same time, child benefit has been frozen, while other in-work benefits for those on low incomes have been hit too. It’s no wonder that we’ve heard reports of public […]

With just a few days until the election UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on social care – one of the issues that matter most to our members

With just a few days until the election UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on social care – one of the issues that matter most to our members

With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos

With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos

Commenting on the publication of the Labour Party’s 2017 manifesto today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Labour has produced a manifesto that delivers for public services. Ending the pay cap will make a huge difference for hard-pressed public sector employees. Proper investment in the NHS and social care will have a huge impact […]

The number of police officers on our streets – so called bobbies on the beat – are frequently covered in the media. But we hear less about how many police staff those officers have working with them.

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

A great deal depends on it, not least the future of public services, the NHS, the wage packets and livelihood of UNISON members, and life in the UK after Brexit. But there […]

Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth launches triple promise and warns: ‘The future of the NHS is at stake in this election’

"The result of the election will at best present us with a new government with radically different ideas on NHS pay, which could be a benefit to NHS staff,” stated the […]

Steve Rotherham said that the current government had been responsible for the "underfunding, understaffing and over-stretching of the NHS, with […]