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• Blog: A masterclass in smoke and mirrors

  27-10-2021 17:30
  
  Christina McAnea presenting UNISON’s petition to the Treasury, demanding Chancellor Rishi Sunak rebuild public services. © Jess Hurd
  For days we’ve been bombarded with big pre-budget announcements from the Treasury on ending the pay freeze and investing in the NHS. And today we heard from Chancellor Rishi Sunak directly about a new age of optimism, of rising wages, investment in public services and levelling up.
  It’s designed to dazzle and gloss over the really important d
  
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• Little to cheer on public sector pay in budget

  27-10-2021 15:30
  
  Commenting on the budget and spending review today (Wednesday) UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  Pay “Public sector workers won’t be raising many glasses to the chancellor. With no certainty pay will rise above inflation, services will go on shedding experienced staff.
  “Only time will tell if the government’s public sector wage policy is thawing. Otherwise, the pay freeze ends in name only.
  “Wage rises below the cost of living are effectively pay
  
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• UNISON responds to Public Accounts Committee report on test and trace

  27-10-2021 01:01
  
  Commenting on the latest Public Accounts Committee report ​published today (Wednesday) that reveals the NHS test and trace programme has failed on its ‘main objective’, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Handing jaw-dropping sums of money to private companies to run critical public health operations was a mistake from the off. Test and trace wasn’t fit for purpose and the virus continued to spread.
  “Existing public health bodies or
  
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