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For urgent enquiries over the weekend, Liz Chinchen is on duty on Saturday 29 June and Anthony Barnes is covering Sunday 30 June. The inbox is not constantly monitored so please text/WhatsApp/call on the mobile numbers listed below.

Liz Chinchen E: l.chinchen@unison.co.uk M: 07778 158175
Anthony Barnes E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk M: 07834 864794

Cash-strapped school support staff are paying for pupils’ essentials

Dedicated staff using food banks and cutting back on heating to cope in cost-of-living crisis

Autumn statement is a cynical ploy that won’t fool the public

Yet again public services didn’t get a look in, aside from being told to deliver more for less.

Come clean about school risks and invest to remedy problems

Years of neglect and underfunding have worsened the situation, leaving some schools on the verge of collapse.

Ministers should fix the country rather than reheat failed anti-union laws

Picking fights with unions is a waste of valuable time

Education support staff in Northern Ireland need urgent action on pay

Reform needed so wages are applied fairly

Improving wages and fixing social care must be among new health secretary’s priorities

Victoria Atkins will have her work cut out with NHS problems affecting staff and patients

Ministers picking on LGBT+ community does not deflect from government’s appalling record on rights, says UNISON

Christina McAnea to address union’s annual LGBT+ conference in Liverpool

King’s Speech shows the government is all out of ideas

Conservative neglect has depleted public services

Government’s desperate strike move won’t solve any NHS problems

Sacking staff won’t get patients to hospital more quickly

All employers in the NHS must play by the same pay rules

Ministers must end the two-tier employment scandal in the NHS and ensure all employers in the service play by the same rules.

Wirral hospitals strike paused as workers win back pay after lengthy campaign

Healthcare staff rebanding payments on the table

New Environment Agency offer means strike suspension and pay talks

Government finally gives green light to talk about pay

Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills

Ministers should be helping the millions struggling with rising bills, not allowing their wealthy pals to feather their nests further

Thousands of staff will be left behind after real living wage rise, says UNISON 

Increase is good news for many, but others need help

UNISON appoints new regional secretary in the South West

Winning a better deal for public services in the region and for the dedicated public servants that run them is top of my list.  

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