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Local authorities need sustained funding if services and jobs are to be saved

 UNISON says the libraries under threat are crucial lifelines for many residents, as they provide books, access to computers, educational resources but also safe […]

Care workers, refuse collectors, social workers, teaching assistants, community workers, street cleaners and so many others go above and beyond every single day. Local government staff keep communities safe, clean and accessible, yet there is often little or no recognition for your hard work. With the cost-of-living skyrocketing to new highs every day, it’s time […]

With violent crime soaring and vaccination rates dropping youth centres and family centres are more, not less, important than ever before […]

Derbyshire County Council must fully consult with unions as it seeks more than £30m of spending cuts that will damage community services, says UNISON. The union says reductions in services and jobs are not the only way to make savings and is urging the council to stick with an earlier pledge to discuss plans properly […]

UNISON is setting out a plan to support those at risk of redundancy, as well as to protect vital services. The union strongly opposes any compulsory redundancies as part of the council’s restructuring […]

Essex residents will be hit hard by plans to slash nearly 100 council jobs, UNISON warns today. Redundancy notices were served at Thurrock Council today, with 19 jobs slated to go in the first round of cuts, a week after Southend Council revealed plans to lose 80 jobs. Thurrock is looking to make £18 million […]

Suffolk County Council has announced plans to make £65 million in spending cuts, including lopping £11m off the staffing budget, it revealed today. Responding to the news, UNISON Suffolk County branch secretary Neil Bland said: “Councils have spent the last decade slashing spending to the bone, cuts on this scale will take services in Suffolk past […]

UNISON says Bradford, and other local councils across the country, are in such a perilous financial position due to […]

Workers overwhelmingly rejected the council's initial £1,000 pay offer and voted for strikes to try to secure a better deal. The disruption would have affected refuse collections […]

The plans also suggest closing or altering the use of care homes, increasing fees and charges for adult social care, and reviewing council-managed children’s centres. The cuts are an attempt to […]

Council workers in Merthyr Tydfil relieved after the local authority scrapped its decision to restrict the amount of time staff can access union reps.

Local government staff keep communities safe, clean and accessible, yet there is often little or no recognition for your hard work.

Following yesterday’s announcement that Nottinghamshire County Council needs to plug a gap of over £60m over the next 3 financial years, the UK’s biggest trade union is calling on the Westminster government to urgently address the ‘broken’ local government funding system. UNISON, which represents local government workers delivering vital frontline services across Nottinghamshire, says Jeremy […]

Workers in Colchester’s bin depots, leisure centres and crematoriums are voting on strikes over the city council’s refusal to offer a decent pay rise, UNISON warns today. Colchester staff had asked for an above-inflation pay rise to make up for years of wages failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living. But the […]