It’s impossible to read these stories and not wish for a proper solution to our care crisis – and that will require money and political will to achieve
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Contribution after contribution from MPs condemned the government's failure to do more to stop illegal pay rates in the sector, given the terrible impact the […]
Failure to honour the minimum wage is endemic across the care sector as many homecare workers are unpaid for the time they travel between home visits – which can be up to a fifth of their working day, says UNISON today (Thursday). The union is urging the government to end the systematic underpayment that it […]
Many local authorities do not pay care providers enough to deliver appropriate care packages and the vast […]
I’ve worked in homecare for 20 years. I started in 1995, with a local authority. I started to see a decline in the standard of care from 2008, when I started full-time […]
Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers
The details announced by Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles of how much each council will be allocated […]
Paul Holmes for the local government executive said that, "when people start talking about 'the new world', they're invariably talking […]
EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people
UNISON Dave Prentis reacted sharply to the government ‘compromise’, calling it “a huge blow for low-paid workers”. The issue comes after two […]
Welcoming the move, UNISON national secretary for local government Heather Wakefield said: "Home care workers are at the heart of a decent, caring society and do a […]
Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said: "Local councils are suffering from dreadful cuts but this can never be an excuse for the […]
Seminar encourages members to get involved in campaigns
Latest local authority to adopt charter will help people in the borough who receive homecare services as well as the 860 strong home care workforce