Unison
Front-loading of police cuts adds insult to injury
Police budget cuts are being front-loaded, which means that police services will have no choice but to start cutting staff now, writes UNISON's Dave Prentis.
Tackling climate change requires a just transition to a low carbon economy
When he was environment secretary, David Miliband asserted that only Labour could tackle climate change. He argued that this was because only Labour recognised the need to intervene in markets. The Conservatives’ instincts, he said, would always pre-dispose them to solutions that stopped short of the measures necessary to set our economy on the route towards a low carbon, sustainable future. This, of course, was after the Stern report which had said that climate change was the greatest market failure the world had ever seen.
The shocking rise of violence in the NHS
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis writes about the shocking rise in violence against NHS staff - and the poor proesectution rate, currently only 1.9 pc.
CBI public sector sickness plans place quantity of man-hours over quality
Today’s CBI report – outlining £120 billion of public sector savings – talks of “improving workforce management by adopting good […]
Bin strike in Leeds as council vows to slash wages by £6k
The leader of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat run Leeds City council, Cllr Richard Brett, has received threats and had bags of rubbish dumped in front of his house as the indefinite strike action by the city's bin men and women, and street cleaners approached its second week.