Search Results for “Local government” tagged children's services

Just 1% of social workers questioned by UNISON believe the government’s reforms address the main concerns they face. The government wants to give councils the power […]

Hundreds of youth centres, libraries and public toilets causing huge impact on communities

The government argued that the move would have allowed “a local authority in England to test different ways of […]

ENDSUNISON, the UK’s largest union, is today warning that government plans to increase the number of children that childminders and nurseries can look after could put […]

UNISON Blackpool is fighting back against plans to close the last two council-run nurseries in the town

The government says the move will “enable a local authority in England to test different ways of working, with a […]

But the government wants to clamp down on that with a new rule from 1 April this year which would mean that children […]

Council brings safeguarding jobs back in house, citing fears that children are at risk because privatised contract delivers too few assessments

Salford UNISON, parents and mayor put the case to Nadhim Zahawi

Sign the petition to parliament and help make sure nursery schools in England are properly funded

A protest yesterday (Thursday) outside the Bright Meadows Children’s Centre was organised by local unions, with Andrea Egan of Bolton UNISON telling The Bolton News that the branch was “really […]

UNISON joins fellow unions, charities and others involved in early years education to sign open letter

The joint statement urges the government to drop this idea which, it warns, would mean less trust between social workers and Whitehall and […]

Salford campaigners to the fore in launching national funding for nurseries campaign at Parliament on 25 April

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Ill-conceived government plans to remove statutory duties protecting children should never have been put forward. “Social workers recognised the danger of removing decades of child protection law, it’s a pity ministers didn’t bother to ask them about the risks posed by the proposals. “The Lords have seen sense and […]