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• PM’s policy wheezes are last desperate roll of the dice from a government on borrowed time

  04-10-2023 15:11
  
  Commenting on Rishi Sunak’s speech today to the Conservative Party conference, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The country is broken after 13 years of poor government. The prime minister’s focus should be on fixing the mess created by his ministers and those of the four earlier woeful Conservative administrations.
  “Under his party the UK has become an international embarrassment. People have been pummelled by a cost of living crisis no one in governm
  
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• UNISON condemns water firms’ attempt to increase household bills

  04-10-2023 13:55
  
  UNISON has condemned calls from private water companies in England and Wales to increase bills to customers in order to invest in infrastructure and has reiterated its call for the industry to be renationalised.
  The water industry has faced widespread criticism in recent years over the high volume of raw sewage discharges and the environmental impact on the rivers and seas – after paying huge dividends to shareholders instead of investing.
  Despite funding of £56bn announced last year
  
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• Supreme Court ruling is a victory for underpaid workers

  04-10-2023 11:00
  
  Many UK workers could be entitled to thousands of pounds unfairly taken from their pay following a landmark Supreme Court ruling today (Wednesday) in a successful challenge brought by UNISON.
  Prior to this, workers who consistently received incorrect pay could only make a claim at an employment tribunal for  the most recent underpayment. They could also include similar underpayments on previous occasions, but not if there was a gap of three or more months between them.
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