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Now is the time to vote in the service group elections

Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work.

“We had a really brilliant presentation at health conference from Richard Pyle from Medical Aid for Palestinians, who spoke very movingly but very honestly about the reality of what it’s like for […]

It’s even more galling for public service workers – they spend their working lives propping up essential services, only to […]

‘I met with Wes Streeting, the shadow secretary of state for health and social care, who is the first to sign up to UNISON’s national care campaign pledge’

“They described working in the kitchen, carting heavy pots and pans around, preparing food for thousands of patients and staff or cleaning wards and theatres to keep them safe, and the […]

In discussions, the meeting highlighted the scale of cuts at councils, with one NEC member saying, “It could be the end of local government as we know it.” The council received […]

Many health workers stayed behind, providing the emergency cover UNISON always ensures on strike days. They forfeited their right to strike, so that others could protest and rally, without […]

Curbing the migrant care workforce will cause utter disaster

The government should stop demonising migrants, instigate reform and create a national care service

The care system would implode without migrant care staff.

Jeremy Hunt’s desperate autumn statement, claiming to fix the economic problems that his party caused, won’t pull the wool over voters’ eyes

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

Where was the national care service? The problem is, this government isn’t listening to what the country needs

‘We are encouraging all our branches to support the critical work of Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Red Cross,’ says general secretary