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The budget

UNISON’s policy team analyses what it means for members and public services

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The Employment Rights Bill: a better life at work

What is it? How will it change members’ working lives? How did we get here? And what happens next? An introduction to the ERB

Fit to practise

It’s one of a health and care worker’s worst nightmares – a complaint to their regulator and the threat of losing their registration. Demetrios Matheou talks to Gail Adams, the head of UNISON’s Professional Services Unit, about how it can help

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‘Heat or eat’: a retired member looks ahead to a tough winter

UNISON predicts that a ‘significant number’ of its 167,000 retired members are going to struggle as a result of the government changes to the winter fuel allowance

The game changer

UNISON policy officer Guy Collis on what a fair pay agreement – as touted in the government’s New Deal For Working People – would mean for the care sector

Employment law – improving life for workers

UNISON’s legal officer and in-house solicitor Bruce Robin looks at the government’s plans for new bills on employment rights and race and disability equality

How to … lobby

There’s an issue you want to address, campaign for, change for the better. But how do you win the hearts and minds of those who matter? Simon Jackson unpicks the art of lobbying

UNISON’s voice at the heart of government

Labour’s landslide victory has resulted in a number of new MPs with links to UNISON. Meet the class of 2024

Our human rights saved from the brink of extinction

The Labour Party’s return to power should mark an end to central government’s attacks on the Human Rights Act. By UNISON head of legal Shantha David

Christina McAnea: please vote ‘yes’ in UNISON’s political fund ballot

The political fund allows UNISON to fight across the UK for better rights at work, more support for public services, and against discrimination