Briefings and responses
UNISON reports, policy briefings and responses to government consultations
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Briefing 172 The cost of outsourcing: STUC research
Outsourcing, contracting out the delivery of public services from the public sec…
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Briefing 171 Local Government Benchmarking Report 2024/25
Every year the Improvement Service carry out research on how councils are perfor…
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Mental health support in higher education (Senedd)
Poor mental health is linked to low pay, job insecurity and increased workloads
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Briefing 170: Additional Support for Learning: A Review of System Delivery for Learners
This briefing summarises the recent review of additional support for learning pr…
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Briefing 169 – Scottish Water: Creeping Privatisation Report
This briefing summarises the findings of ‘Scottish Water: creeping privatisation…
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MSP Briefing – Children (Care, Care Experience & Services Planning) Bill, Stage 1 Debate.
UNISON has written to MSPs about the Children (Care, Care Experience & Services Planning) Bill which goes before the Scottish
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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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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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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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