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As these terrible, all-consuming illnesses progress, people across the country come to rely on homecare workers. They care […]

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today was a bad day for local government. The Chancellor grabbed another £1.9bn from council budgets, at a time when they needed more […]

“But local government is all too often forgotten despite the vast range of jobs and the sheer scale of support council […]

According to Local Government Association estimates, councils across England and Wales need an extra £5.8 billion this year to […]

“The government is full of praise for people who go out to work to try and provide better lives for their children […]

The country needs a Labour government.” Media contact: Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 […]

This vote was their chance to show they really mean it. “But the message is clear – the government doesn’t value them enough to give them a wage rise. "Workers have had enough of this and so […]

"Our salvation is our own strength," Mr Prentis said. "We can't wait around for a change of government." The NEC agreed a timescale and full procedures for a general secretary election in 2015 […]

Cuts to local councils have meant fewer domestic violence workers, fewer refuges and fewer options for women to […]

Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

It’s time for the government to realise that good quality education costs money, and can’t be done on ever depleted resources […]

What the government was doing, he said, was "hurting working people, hurting families". Mr Prentis told delegates […]

“We will continue to fight for safe workplaces using all our means. “The UK government response has been slow and inadequate, and we do not need more reviews and commissions. Government […]

“Our public services and our communities need a Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister.” Notes to editors: - UNISON is the biggest union […]

"There is nothing in the government's plans that sets out how ministers will ensure care staff get the money they are owed. "It sends […]