UNISON says there is no excuse for massive rise in nurse registration fees, particularly after the Nursing and Midwifery Council receives substantial government grant
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Union says that the government’s surprise grant, to help councils drawing up schemes to replace council tax benefit, is ‘too little too late’
Nurses and midwives are struggling to make ends meet and government grant should help Nursing and Midwifery Council to keep down fees, says union
Union warns it will be a miserable winter for many as yet another energy company raises its domestic prices
The Police and Crime Commissioner elections are the public’s last chance to save policing services from privatisation, UNISON warns
The union says that a pay increase is vital after last year’s freeze if support staff are not to suffer further falls in their standard of living
Conference condemns spiralling senior management salaries in the sector at a time when workers’ terms and conditions are being cut