• Jenrick plan to cap migrant workers would collapse care system, says UNISON

    Commenting on remarks made by immigration minister Robert Jenrick that the government might cap the number of overseas health and care workers able to come to the UK and prevent them from bringing any family with them, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
     “For too long, the government has sat back and watched as the NHS and social care grapple with a monumental staffing crisis. Both sectors are many thousands of staff short, social care desperately so.
    “Migrant worke
  • Cash-strapped school support staff are paying for pupils’ essentials

    Cash-strapped school support staff are paying for pupils’ essentials, says UNISON 
    School support staff are using their own money to help pay for pupils’ food and clothing, even though many are struggling to cope with the cost-of-living crisis themselves, says UNISON today (Friday).
    A ​UK-wide survey of more than 13,000 school workers reveals that staff – including teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners – are buying food, clothes an

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