UNISON hosts parliamentary event to highlight the findings of welfare reform survey
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Survey finds people with disabilities rely on the personal independence payment to be able to work
Winter fuel allowance should be restored to those who need it
Focus should be on making work pay
Women’s conference tackles a raft of business, with the general election result as a common thread
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’
Disabled workers describe struggle to work 20 years after Disability Discrimination Act
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis joins other union, charity and religious leaders in criticising the Bill for the negative effect it will have on poor families and the disabled
The Bill has not been scrutinised – and UNISON will be campaigning to amend and oppose it
UNISON has reacted with dismay to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which had its second reading in the House of Commons earlier this week
A report from UNISON has revealed the housing problems facing young people, and calls for a more joined-up approach to dealing with the issue