Last week’s first Labour budget for 14 years has prompted much comment, but here, UNISON’s policy team analyses what it means for members and public services
Labour Party

UNISON policy officer David Arnold says that Labour’s first King’s Speech reveals ‘the most interventionist and class-conscious government since the 1970s’

Investing in public services is more than just a budgetary choice; it’s a moral duty
Fresh approach from new PM can’t come soon enough
Investment in communities, health and care must be at the heart of change
First Black female MP blazed a trail

The party’s New Deal for Working People, planned with UNISON’s involvement, would make a huge improvement to working people’s lives

The ‘origin story’ of the party makes clear it has always been made up of many different strands – a ‘broad church’

At Labour’s national policy forum this weekend, UNISON told the party ‘We need a fundamental shift of power and prosperity back into workers’ hands’

After Labour’s success at the polls last week, deputy leader Angela Rayner talks exclusively to UNISON about her upbringing and what is really needed to fix the cost of living crisis
