More and more pay the cost of private renting

We need housing to be a political priority rather something left to a market that does not deliver or ordinary people on ordinary incomes

Article on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges members to lobby their MPs over new ‘gagging law’

New law threatens to gag charities, NGOs, blogs, think-tanks, trade unions and other campaigning organisations by severely restricting how much money they can spend on political campaigning in the year running up to a general election

Article on the UNISON National site.

How is austerity affecting the LGBT community?

Help our research to uncover the effect austerity is having, whether you are an LGBT service user or working providing services

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for greater regulation of private landlords

New report warns that wealth of private landlords is stopping first-time buyers getting onto the property ladder and calls for cap on buy-to-let mortgage lending

Article on the UNISON National site.

Labour policy review calls for greater regulation of landlords

The Labour Party has published proposals on the private rented sector, which calls for greater regulation of landlords.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Spending Review: affordable homes proposals fall short

The government has made a series of announcements on housing in the recent Spending Review, including £3.3bn over three years to continue the affordable homes programme

Article on the UNISON National site.

Conference calls for post-war resolve on house-building

‘There is a desperate housing shortage, and no good reason for it’

Article on the UNISON National site.

On the agenda: an alternative to austerity

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for massive investment in Scottish social housing

New housing policy document argues that social housing is key to reducing poverty and inequality, and their long-term effects on health and wellbeing

Article on the UNISON National site.