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Earlier this week an article appeared in the Guardian about Barnet Councils ‘ read more

There aren't many words in economics that provoke as much fear and unease as a bank run. That spectre looms in Europe, as we learned yesterday that depositors in Greece withdrew almost $900 million...

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Last year Southwark Council made the decision to bring back their Revenues & Benefits Service in-house. read more

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p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { } From today film lovers of Glasgow's South Side have an all-too-infrequent opportunity to indulge their cinematic hankerings without having to venture up to...

Today’s fuel poverty figures show that the significant [...]

  UNISON responded the restrucure to Revenues and Benefits by producing a detailed 13 page report including detailed evidence. You can find our Executive Summary here read more

The office of National Statistics in the UK show the average wage for full-time male workers in the North - East fell by 8.2 per cent over the past 12 months – a pay cut of £45 a week. These...

Generally the forces that disagree with us have [...]

22 Lib Dems, including Lib Dem President Tim Farron and the two Midlands Lib Dem MPs, Lorely Burt and John Hemming, have written an open letter to the Guardian opposing proposals to introduce...

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-21039-f0.cfm). Though it may be three decades since equality pioneers in local government were derided as the "loony left" - and since the rainbow flag first flew from Lambeth...

The unemployment data released today shows that Clackmanshire [...]

I have said this before and will say it again. It does not make sense that major rules agreed by Unison conference years ago apply to national and regional matters but branches can opt out from...

I am holding my breath and hoping that I am right to think that the election results on the 6 May produced the results it did because people were protesting. What does not make sense is the fact...

A brilliant new Positive Money documentary explains how our money system works. Watched 65,000 times in the first 14 days, this is the first UK-based documentary to explain the fundamental flaws in...

I was very pleased to be part, at today's meeting of the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC), of a unanimous decision completely to remove our Newham branch from regional supervision after three and a half years. Regional...

Will Crooks: A celebration.  Tuesday 29th May, 6:30pm - 8:30pm at St. Matthias Community Centre, This event will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Will Crooks:-  Trade Unionist, the fourth Labour Member of Parliament and first Labour Mayor of Poplar.Speakers...