Councils face cash crisis of more than £3bn, says UNISON    

Services at risk unless Westminster sorts council budget crisis

Endgame: more and more essential services are crumbling away

Vital services are turning to dust. But you can help to save our services

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

UNISON research reveals scale of council deficits

Finances have been hit by increased spending to deal with COVID and a reduction in income because of the pandemic

Government must urgently tackle funding problems for struggling councils, says UNISON

Council workers should not pay the price for budget problems

Ministers must fix council funding to avoid ​”catastrophic cuts”

At least £10bn needed to save essential services

The government needs to ‘sling their hook’

Local government delegates agree it’s essential to get rid of the Conservative government in order to save our services

Love your library? Tell us about it

UNISON survey of library workers will look at the effects of austerity cuts on the service

Save Our Services blog: The trading standards officer’s tale

For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.

Save Our Services blog: The environmental health officer’s tale

For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.

Join UNISON on SOS Day and fight back against library cuts

Are you ready for this week’s Save Our local Services campaign day, celebrating and defending our library service?

SOS Day for libraries

Our Save Our Services campaign day of action on 19 October this year focuses on libraries – a hub and a haven in our communities offering a place for people to work, relax, discover and think

Neighbourhood services in crisis

‘We must fight for well-funded, accessible local services that will benefit everyone in our communities’

Photo of Black woman working with technical equipment

Save Our Services: How cuts are hitting Black people

Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession

rows of books in a library

‘Ten thousand books were pulped’ – your library stories

UNISON members share their experiences of what the local government cuts have meant for library services where they live and work

‘Ten thousand books were pulped’ – your library stories

UNISON members share their experiences of what the local government cuts have meant for library services where they live and work

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.