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Catch up with the latest updates at Fighting for Scottish Council Workers
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Christina and Lilian in Shetland and Orkney was a ‘brilliant visit’
General secretary Christina McAnea visited Shetland and Orkney, where she was joined by Scottish secretary Lilian Macer Christina and Lilian ... Read More
Briefing 142 Local Government Funding Settlement 2024-25
This briefing is on the Local Government Funding Settlement for 2024-25. It includes details of every council's financial allocation. Local ... Read More
Delivering net zero for Scotland’s buildings: Heat in Buildings Bill
This is UNISON Scotland's response to the Scottish Government consultation on its proposed Heat in Buildings Bill. We are members ... Read More
Briefing 141 – National Care Service Bill Update
The General Principles of the National Care Service Bill were approved by Parliament on 29 February. This briefing summarises where ... Read More
Democracy Matters: Local governance Phase 2 consultation
This is UNISON's response to the Scottish Government and COSLA ‘Democracy Matters: Local governance Phase 2 consultation’. The consultation is ... Read More
Briefing 140 – National Social Work Agency Update
This briefing sets out the current proposals for a National Social Work Agency. These plans are still under discussion and ... Read More
Briefing 139 – National Care Service: Revised Government Plans
The Scottish Government has radically revised its plans for a National Care Service. This follows negotiations with COSLA and the ... Read More
Briefing 138: Local Government 24-25 Finance: Council Funding Allocations
This briefing looks at local government finances, focusing on the provisional funding allocations to Scottish councils for 2024/25 and the ... Read More
Additional Support for Learning (ASL)
This is our response to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on Additional Support for Learning ... Read More
e brief – New report says council funding “completely unsustainable”
The Local Government Information Unit report warns of a risk that some Scottish councils could effectively go bankrupt. It ... Read More
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UNISON Week 260 – An emergency but no accident, Equal Pay update, HE Consultation & more
Our weekly newsletter covering our latest Damage Report 'An emergency but no accident', Equal Pay update, HE Consultation & more ...
Cuts to Local Government Budgets
The Improvement service have published the Local Government Framework Benchmarking Report for 2017/18 . This annual benchmark report is a useful source ...
Policy Briefing 105 Draft Scottish Budget 2019/20
Our latest policy briefing sets out the key points of the Draft Scottish Budget for 2019/20. Here is our brief ...
Planning Reform Bill
This briefing lays out UNISON's concerns about the new Planning Bill. The Bill has now been significantly amended and will ...
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Latest responses and submissions
Health Inequalities in Scotland
This paper on health inequalities in Scotland was developed as our submission to the Health Inequalities Review commissioned by Neil ...
Draft Regulations relating to Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act – Set 2 response
There appears to be total disregard for the Staff Governance Standard within the document and there was an expectation that ...
Draft Regulations relating to Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act Set 1 response
As far as we can see there is nothing in these regulations that refer to the Chief Officer of the ...
Inquiry into the Flexibility and Autonomy of Local Government
UNISON believes that the public sector provides a means to both deliver services cost effectively and to allow citizens to ...
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