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3 November 2021
Local government cuts set to continue
Sunak's promises are set to be wiped out by increased costs for councils
27 October 2021
Public spending under further threat from Tories
Tory chancellor, 'Richi' Sunak, is due to present his autumn budget and spending review statement on Wednesday 27 October. It will be no afternoon of joy for the working class.
20 October 2021
Fight to defend homelessness services
Councils in England have warned that the cost of homelessness services will increase by 27.2% in the next three years
6 October 2021
Unison LG members reject insulting pay offer
In a Unison consultative ballot of local government workers, 79% of members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who voted put a cross on the ballot form to reject the employers' insulting offer of 1.75%
23 June 2021
Carmarthenshire: Fighting for trade union recognition at council-owned company
Plaid Cymru-led Carmarthenshire County Council needs to instruct Cwm Environmental to implement a Trade Union Recognition Agreement (TURA) immediately.
16 June 2021
Socialist Party to the fore at Unison LG conference
At the conference on 13 June, our region had two motions on the agenda, which I moved.
5 May 2021
Can the 'Preston model' beat the cuts?
It is clear that we are at the start of a new period of austerity, where the ruling class will try and make ordinary people pay for the costs of the pandemic and for the crisis in the neoliberal capitalist system which has been fully exposed by the pandemic
18 November 2020
Croydon Council declares bankruptcy - no cuts in Croydon or any other council
With a £66 million gap between income and expenditure, Labour-controlled Croydon Council is effectively bankrupt - politically and financially
9 September 2020
Covid-19 pandemic increases financial pressures on Welsh local government
A report from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) finance subgroup paints a bleak picture for the future of local government and the important services it provides in Wales.
21 April 2020
Councils must demand control of supplies and reversal of austerity
Despite their claims of "partnership" between central and local government, it's clear the Tories have not involved councils in their Covid-19 planning at all, writes Hugo Pierre, Unison union national executive committee member (personal capacity).
8 April 2020
Where's the PPE Welsh Assembly?
Our union branch raised with senior management of Carmarthenshire County Council that we did not accept the guidance of Public Health Wales (PHW) when it comes to the use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), writes Mark Evans , branch secretary, Carmarthenshire County Unison.
8 April 2020
Anger as London local authorities bulldoze through powers to discipline workers
Unite the Union has expressed serious concerns over plans which will give local authority employers in London new powers to redeploy workers, under the threat of disciplinary action
23 January 2020
Unite regional committee votes to support anti-cuts Enfield councillor
Unite's London and Eastern regional committee is supporting a campaign in Enfield against cuts
9 October 2019
Corbyn promises 'power in the hands of workers' - how can Labour do it?
While the government and the employers are busy gloating at the 'record numbers' of workers in employment, the figures hide a harsh reality for millions.
18 July 2019
Tories prepare to attack education workers' pensions
The government has issued a consultation document on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
12 June 2019
Grenfell two years on - Still fighting for safety and justice
Two years ago, on 14 June 2017, 72 people perished in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London.
1 May 2019
Union action needed to fight Tory Derbyshire Council cuts
Derbyshire's local government unions must respond with boldness and determination in the face of the Tory-controlled county council's latest round of austerity.
17 April 2019
During the campaign against the Poll Tax, we used to say that the tax was unfair because a lord in his manor was expected to pay the same as a dustman down the road.
10 April 2019
Local government in crisis: councillors can fight cuts!
By cutting, Labour councils deliver a double whammy for the Tories, who get what they want and get Labour to share the blame too
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