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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.
Development of a Social Care Negotiating Body for Wales
Only workers and employers should negotiate a Fair Pay Agreement
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.
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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Briefing 168 - Population challenges for public services and the economy
This briefing looks at the implications of current and projected demographic cha…
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Response to draft Public Services Outsourcing and Workforce Code consultation (Welsh Government)
The draft Code is too weak and contains significant loopholes
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Briefing 167 – Scottish Government Public Sector Reform Summit
On October 14th 2025 the Scottish Government held what they billed as a “Public Sector Reform Operational Summit” . The
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Freedom Of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill – Stage 1 submission
Katy Clark MSP has introduced a Bill to Holyrood to update and improve the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act The
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Financial Transparency & Profit Limitation in Children’s Residential Care Response
The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals for financial transparency an…
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Third independent review of state pension age: Call for evidence
A UNISON response to the consultation on the state pension age, October 2025
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Response to inquiry on girls’ and women’s reproductive health 2025
Our response calls for stronger action to improve education, healthcare and workplace support
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Ecocide (Scotland) Bill Response
This member’s Bill was introduced to Parliament by Monica Lennon MSP This is the UNISON Scotland response the Net Zero,
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Briefing 166 – Anti-racism Action Plan for Social Work
The Scottish Government published an Anti-racism Action Plan for the Scottish Social Work Sector in August 2025. The Action Plan
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Briefing 165 – Scottish Government Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan
The Scottish Government has published it’s Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan. The aim of the document is to provide some detail
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Briefing 164 – Scottish Government Medium-Term Financial Strategy
The Scottish Government have published their Medium-Term Financial Strategy. It …
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Briefing 163 – Scottish Government Public Service Reform Strategy
The Scottish Government have published their Public Service Reform Strategy. It …
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