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• UNISON ‘unequivocally condemns’ Tory donor’s ‘horrific abuse’

  13-03-2024 17:23
  
  UNISON considers comments made by Frank Hester, the Tory Party’s biggest donor, that looking at Diane Abbott MP makes you “want to hate all black women” and the MP “should be shot”, to be racist and sexist, unacceptable and dangerous.
  Diane Abbott MP has been a significant public figure since 1987, the first to open doors into political leadership for Black women. No woman in public life should have to accept this kind of abuse and intimidation. Black women all over
  
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• Care has gone into a tailspin under this government

  13-03-2024 01:01
  
  Commenting on the Social Care 360 report, published today (Wednesday) by the King’s Fund, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:
  “Care has gone into a tailspin on this government’s watch. A litany of broken promises and a complete absence of action best sums up ministers’ appalling neglect of the sector.
  “Cash-strapped local authorities have been pushed ever closer to the edge by spiralling care costs.
  “The blame for the crisis in care lies entirely wi
  
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