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It’s time to ban 15 minute care slots – elderly people deserve better
“I’ve worked as a home carer for 15 years. Things have to change but not at the expense of clients. It’s appalling the level of care they receive now. No home cooked meals, no time to chat. More...
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One of the biggest tax swindles on ordinary taxpayers has been perpetrated by...
The coalition government love a good bandwagon and its latest target is tax dodgers. We see a lot of crocodile tears being shed over honest taxpayers being swindled out of millions by big business and...
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This government is waging class warfare
A glance at the agenda for our union’s annual conference, starting today in Liverpool, shows the sheer breadth of the damage that this Tory-led coalition is wreaking on its citizens. Our union, our...
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Unison set out their expectations for a Labour government
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis set out his tests for continuing to support Labour this afternoon. Speaking at their conference in Liverpool, Prentis said: For too long we’ve built the careers of...
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Why the government are keen to use trade unions as a scapegoat
“Mike Bassett did a better job as bloody England manager than David Cameron has as Prime Minister” Ricky Tomlinson tells me as he pauses for photos with union members at UNISON’s annual conference in...
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Low pay: the road to ruin
Listen to a member of the current Government speak about incentives to work and you’ll notice that one issue is conspicuous by its absence: Pay. Nothing captures the upside-down world of Austerity...
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Organising low-paid workers in the Britain that Cameron broke
Food-banks, zero-hours contracts, pay-day loan companies – when David Cameron talked a few years ago about ‘Broken Britain’, few could have imagined just how broken Britain would quickly become under...
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Increasing wages in the public sector will also have a positive influence on...
Back in 2010 George Osborne used a myth that low pay was only a problem in the private sector, that all pay in the public sector is pretty good as justification for his announcement of a public sector...
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The political bias in local government cuts is clear for all to see
As clouds gather over the Mersey and rain starts to fall here at UNISON conference, a new report for UNISON Local Government by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) highlights the perfect...
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It’s time to say “No More Page Three”
Yesterday, UNISON conference got a shock as 30 people burst in through the back doors wearing 1970’s wigs, disco glasses, and danced their way to the front of the hall. Flashmobbing may seem odd at a...
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