Investment in public services vital in delivering prime minister’s vision for Britain, says UNISON

If the government is to realise its ambitious agenda, it must work with the people who will be tasked with rebuilding the country

John Prescott was ‘one of a kind’, says UNISON

Lord Prescott’s drive and determination made him a political colossus

Rachel Reeves with the red budget box on Downing Street before giving her budget speech

The budget: A rejection of austerity and a move toward growth

Last week’s first Labour budget for 14 years has prompted much comment, but here, UNISON’s policy team analyses what it means for members and public services

Opinion: The King’s Speech

UNISON policy officer David Arnold says that Labour’s first King’s Speech reveals ‘the most interventionist and class-conscious government since the 1970s’

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Christina McAnea

Opinion: A new dawn for public services – a hopeful vision under Labour

Investing in public services is more than just a budgetary choice; it’s a moral duty

At last the UK has a prime minister who understands the value of public service

Fresh approach from new PM can’t come soon enough

A Labour government can now press the reset button for public services, says UNISON

Investment in communities, health and care must be at the heart of change

Diane Abbott is an inspiration to many people

First Black female MP blazed a trail

Christina McAnea

Blog: The hope Labour can bring

The party’s New Deal for Working People, planned with UNISON’s involvement, would make a huge improvement to working people’s lives

Jon Cruddas

Book review – A Century of Labour

The ‘origin story’ of the party makes clear it has always been made up of many different strands – a ‘broad church’

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Christina McAnea, arms folded, in front of conference stage - 'Fighting for our future'

Blog: Influencing the next Labour government

At Labour’s national policy forum this weekend, UNISON told the party ‘We need a fundamental shift of power and prosperity back into workers’ hands’

Angela Rayner

‘Working people cannot afford 12 more years of decline’

After Labour’s success at the polls last week, deputy leader Angela Rayner talks exclusively to UNISON about her upbringing and what is really needed to fix the cost of living crisis

UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech

Labour is offering just what the country needs after 11 years of Tory mismanagement

Blog: This avoidable crisis

The Lawrence Review endorses UNISON’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19

Everyone in the Labour Party must take ‘shameful, distressing’ EHRC report ‘very seriously’, says UNISON

There must be no room for discrimination within Labour