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• Latest delay on social care reform could push staff over the edge, says UNISON            

  20-07-2021 18:32
  
  Commenting on reports today (Tuesday) that social care reforms are to be delayed until the autumn, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government has raised hopes around reform only to dash them yet again.
  “The longer ministers stall, the more desperate the state of social care becomes. A properly funded plan is needed now to address poverty pay and rising job vacancies.
  “Ministers have to deliver on a blueprint for a national care service that
  
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• Face mask mistakes have left parents and children “high and dry”, says UNISON

  20-07-2021 16:17
  
  Responding to new government figures published today (Tuesday) showing more than a million children in England were off school last week due to Covid-19, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said:
  “Face masks should never have been ditched in schools ​back in May, as ministers were repeatedly warned.“The government’s chaotic approach to relaxing restrictions is now approaching a free-for-all and this is the result.“Hundreds of thousands of parents have be
  
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• Blog: How to start solving the housing crisis

  20-07-2021 11:26
  
  We all know how difficult the last 18 months has been for all of us, at work and at home.
  COVID has naturally pushed lots of issues away from the headlines and the political agenda, including housing. That doesn’t mean any of these problems have gone away, if anything they have grown worse over the past year and a half as the world’s attention focused on dealing with the pandemic.
  But at UNISON, we know that these problems remain as important as ever for our members and all working p
  
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