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UNISON Cymru policy work

Time to value school support staff report

School support staff face low pay, insecure contracts and rising workloads, with many struggling to meet living costs or leaving the sector for better-paid roles elsewhere.

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Time to value school support staff

Development of a Social Care Negotiating Body for Wales

Only workers and employers should negotiate a Fair Pay Agreement

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Better public services for a fairer Wales

Nearly 100,000 UNISON members are speaking as one in the 2026 Senedd election. This is about the future of our NHS, our schools, our care services and our communities.

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The future of local government services in Wales

A new report reveals how decades of underinvestment in council preventative services have driven up demand for far more expensive emergency interventions in the NHS and criminal justice system

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Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Welsh government)

Appointments should take into account proportionality and under-represented groups

6 August 2023
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Briefing 131 – Consultation on Safe Staffing Statutory Guidance: Care Services

The Scottish Government is consulting on its draft Statutory Guidance for safe staffing in health and care. The Health and

2 August 2023
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Welsh Language Education white paper (Welsh government)

Inclusive implementation of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy ensures no staff are disadvantaged

29 July 2023
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Briefing 130 – Consultation on Safe Staffing Statutory Guidance

The Scottish Government is consulting on its draft Statutory Guidance for safe staffing in health and care. The Health and

19 July 2023
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Rebalancing care and support programme (Welsh government)

We need a more integrated, person-centred social care system

17 July 2023
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Briefing 129 NHS Pension Contributions Changes Consultation

The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) is consulting on increasing the overa…

12 July 2023
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Workforce strategy for social care consultation (Social Care Wales)

Proposals will have limited impact without proper foundations

29 June 2023
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Briefing 128 – Local Government Finance Stats and Budget Estimates 2022-24

Figures showing provisional expenditure totals for 2022-23 and budget estimates …

23 June 2023
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Proposed changes to registration (Social Care Wales)

Proper funding and training is needed to provide time for staff to qualify

22 June 2023
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National Care Service – the one we need and the one on offer

UNISON Scotland has outlined our  vision of what a National Care Service should look like. It is very different to

20 June 2023
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Through the roof: a housing and cost-of-living crisis report

A UNISON research report on the housing and cost-of-living crisis for public sec…

1 June 2023
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Support guaranteed: The roadmap to a National Care Service

A UNISON and Fabian Society report about the proposal for a National Care Servic…

1 June 2023
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