local government

UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield, said:

Local Government workers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have slammed this year

Talks scheduled for later this week has been called off by local government unions

A UNISON special conference today (at Alexandra Palace, London) voted to continue negotiating on a package of proposals on local government pensions. The Conference recognised that substantial improvements in benefits for all its members and families had been made.

UNISON Head of Local Government Heather Wakefield, said:

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis this afternoon condemned the Local Government Association for deliberately trying to mislead the public over supposed costs to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Over one million of the country

UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today announced that it has submitted an application for judicial review into proposed changes to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS), with the support of eight other unions -AMICUS, GMB, T&G, UCATT, the Association of Educational Psychologists, Aspect, CYWU and NAPO.

A survey released today by the New Policy Institute says the Government would be worse off by £2 billion every year if the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) did not exist Ð that is twice as much as the scheme pays out.

UNISON is examining the legal implications of the detrimental changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme announced by the Deputy Prime Minister