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Head of local government Heather Wakefield called the pay cap “a poisonous Tory cocktail, eating away at your living […]

A petition to the government was rejected because “it is about something that the UK government or Parliament is not […]

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

“Instead of raising hopes for new money the government should invest in policing and start restoring the huge cuts imposed on the service since 2010. By […]

“Young people need places to go, and adults they can trust, in order to feel safe. Councils must be given proper funding to support the […]

People across the country are being urged to wash their hands frequently and thoroughly in an information campaign aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19 […]

With violent crime soaring and vaccination rates dropping youth centres and family centres are more, not less, important than ever before […]

Jane Iles, UNISON Cymru Wales local government committee chair said: “Our basic pay has gone down by 20% since 2010 and our conditions have […]

“They do not even mention what our local communities and local community services are going through.” With more and more councils […]

In turn, that led to almost 60 MPs wanting to talk to local government members on the frontline of the crisis at the parliamentary event. Labour MP Gareth Snell […]

Research by the Local Government Information Unit included responses from 131 councils in England and Wales which showed that […]

Local government workers protest over slashed car allowance

Council workers from across UK pack Westminster to tell MPs ‘what’s really happening’ and urge them to Save Our Local Services

A real catastrophe has been building for years in local government. Billions of pounds of cuts mean that few councils can cope with demands from young people. The […]

UNISON warns that this lack of transparency is creating an atmosphere of ‘fear and uncertainty’ for residents and for staff. UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea […]