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Talks scheduled for later this week has been called off by local government unions

The Conference recognised that substantial improvements in benefits for all its members and families had been made. UNISON head of local government Heather Wakefield […]

UNISON Head of Local Government Heather Wakefield, said:

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis this afternoon condemned the Local Government Association for deliberately trying to mislead the public over supposed costs to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Over one million of the country

UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today announced that it has submitted an application for judicial review into proposed changes to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS), with the support of eight other unions -AMICUS, GMB, T&G, UCATT, the Association of Educational Psychologists, Aspect, CYWU and NAPO

A survey released today by the New Policy Institute says the Government would be worse off by £2 billion every year if the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) did not exist Ð that is twice as much as the scheme pays out.

UNISON is examining the legal implications of the detrimental changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme announced by the Deputy Prime Minister

UNISON demands that members of the Local Government Pension Scheme be treated the same as other public sector workers.

The trade unions representing members of the Local Government Pension Scheme reject the Employers proposed changes to pensions

UNISON local government survey, published today, shows an overworked and under resourced workforce.

UNISON today welcomed the Government

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Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, has today asked the Government to show public sector workers the same good faith that they are asking of private sector employers for pension schemes.

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has written to works and pensions minister Alan Johnson, urging him to extend to local government plans to increase the level of member trustees to 50% of pension fund boards. The Minister announced the initiative last week, thus delivering on a commitment given to UNISON and other unions at the Labour Party policy forum in July.