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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 […]

Local councils are under government cosh, says union, and tells Eric Pickles to ‘get into the real world’

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

Seminar encourages members to get involved in campaigns

The marches in London, Glasgow and Belfast will send the government a strong message that people want a Future that Works

Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown says announcement that two of seven Four Seasons homes have been bought by local companies comes as a source of relief to the residents and the affected staff

New law threatens to gag charities, NGOs, blogs, think-tanks, trade unions and other campaigning organisations by severely restricting how much money they can spend on political campaigning in the year running up to a general election

UNISON launches campaign to raise standards in homecare

Flouting of minimum wage law must be challenged, says the union.

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

Yasmin Qureshi gives her support to Bolton UNISON petition urging council to sign-up to UNISON’s care charter

Discussion in Parliament is informed by the work of UNISON and the experiences of members working in homecare

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

They are also fighting to preserve a service to some of the most vulnerable people in society and I want to show our admiration and solidarity for a brave and principled group of people

But he said it was important for the Department of Health to work with local authorities to make sure that the providers they commission services from have a high-quality […]