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Prentis visits Yorkshire to meets branches

Dave Prentis answered the requests of branches and employers to visit Yorkshire for a series of meetings this week

Article on the UNISON National site.

We’ll support the police staff who keep our homes safe

Just this morning came news that three Midlands police forces are considering outsourcing their control room and have asked private security firm G4S to […]

Article, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

UNISON reacts to police budgets announcement in today’s spending review

One in three Police Community Support Officers have already gone in England, along with one in five police staff […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON members are working flat out

As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Police staff will be pleased with new powers, less so that volunteer colleagues will get the same

But while welcoming the Home Office announcement about new powers for police staff, UNISON has voiced concern over government plans to give similar powers to police volunteers […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Female police staff more likely to be bullied at work than male colleagues

The survey of 1,000 police staff – to be launched at UNISON’s annual women’s conference in Brighton – is the first […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Giving police volunteers rights to use weapons is a step too far, says UNISON

“The government is trying to get policing on the cheap, when instead it should be funding police forces properly. This is no way to fill the gaps created by the loss of the 5,000 paid PCSOs who […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Serious crime rises as police numbers fall, warns UNISON

Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime commissioner elections on 5 May, UNISON is launching a campaign to provide the public […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

‘Community policing is worth protecting and worth voting for’

The survey shows that government cuts continue to take their toll on the ability of police to deliver community policing where it matters – on the streets for local people. Responses to […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Police staff vote to accept contract changes, says UNISON

As a result, police support staff will be able to exercise greater control over their working lives and improve their […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.