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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 […]
Responding to the government’s decision to reject a Labour Party amendment to end the one per cent public sector pay cap, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government’s rejection of the proposals to end the pay cap is an insult to paramedics, nurses, teaching assistants, care staff and all public sector workers. “Ministers have spent the […]
"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 […]