Care recruitment crisis won’t end while workers are living in poverty, says UNISON

Decent wages have to be at the heart of the promised national care service the country needs so desperately

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Care overspend shows urgent need for reform of sector, says UNISON

Councils often only intervening at crisis point due to funding strains

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls on government to deliver its promise of a national care service

‘This is about justice. Care can’t wait’

Article on the UNISON National site.

Making social care work in England

A national care service in England is becoming a reality – but there’s still much to do

General secretary at community conference

‘Pushing our vision of a fully funded national care service’

General secretary Christina McAnea tells UNISON’s community seminar of the union’s determination to tackle the crisis in social care

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea, arms folded, in front of conference stage - 'Fighting for our future'

Opinion: ‘I am determined and optimistic’ for the year ahead

The general secretary looks back on the last year and forward to this new one

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

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

Only fairer wages and a national care service can solve the growing crisis in social care

Fair pay needed to begin solving recruitment problems

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Conference hears the promise of a national care service

Delegates heard Labour’s manifesto commitment to build a national care service ‘wouldn’t be in there if it wasn’t for our union’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, speaking to a nurse while visiting the Cambridge Practice in Aldershot, Hampshire, UK. Photo©Steve Forrest/Workers’ Photos

Wes Streeting: The man who can

The shadow health and social care secretary has one of the most daunting tasks should Labour gain power in Westminster. Who is he, and how will he fix such huge issues?