The letter to Sarah Messenger, the employers' secretary on the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, states: "In light of the failure to make us an NJC pay offer for 2014-15 and as a result […]
However, the joint letter - signed by UNSION's head of local government Heather Wakefield on behalf of the joint union secretaries - held a warning for local government […]
One you've got full forms, collect them up and return them to the local government service group. The unions want to get a huge number of signatures, which will then be presented to […]
Council and school workers on NJC pay terms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 10 July – and you can support them
"It is time the government stepped in to stop builders 'stock-piling' empty land, but tit also needs to look at brown field […]
“It is time the Government stepped in to stop builders “stock-piling” empty land but they also need to look at […]
“The government has missed an opportunity to address the housing crisis, which is a crisis of affordability and […]
UNISON assistant policy officer Sylvia Jones said: “The government has pledged to deliver a million homes by 2020. However, most of the homes will be starter homes or […]
UNISON calls for “serious investigation” into how mutuals would deliver public services in the interests of the public and employees
Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: “The government has made the housing crisis more acute by cutting funding for social housing by more than £4 […]
Commenting on the findings, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said: "Urgent government action is needed to deliver more homes. Whilst 93% of councillors are saying they want to […]
Conference condemns spiralling senior management salaries in the sector at a time when workers’ terms and conditions are being cut
The government needs to fund a new public housing programme to ensure provision of affordable and social housing […]
Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary, said: “The Government must step away and stop any interference in the vital role that charities play in speaking out and […]
Money for the new homes scheme is deducted from local council grants and then redistributed - not on the basis of need or population - but to areas […]
