This briefing highlights the main implications of the UK Autumn Statement for UNISON members in Scotland. While the £800m additional capital
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Policy Briefing 81 Education and Early Years Consultations
The Scottish Government has now published 2 consultations on its plans for education and childcare. The first Empowering teachers, parents
Read moree-briefing – NHS Scotland 2016 – Audit Scotland Overview
The key message in this year’s Audit Scotland report is that funding is not keeping pace with increasing demand and the
Read moree-Briefing – PPP: cracking down on costs
In our report and toolkit ‘Combating Austerity’, we showed how public bodies could make savings on their Public Private Partnerships
Read moree-Briefing – Council Tax changes 2016
The Scottish Government has published a Statutory Instrument to change the proportion of Council Tax collected at each band. This
Read moreScottish Government Plan 2016-17
Policy Briefing No 80: The Scottish Government has published its ‘Plan for Scotland 2016/17’. This plan covers their legislative and administrative
Read moreEducation Plan – more detail needed Kirby tells CoSLA
UNISON welcomes the opportunity to contribute to today’s proceedings. Whatever industrial relations differences we may have there will be issues
Read moreBriefing 079 Bargaining – Police Best Value – July 2016
KEY POINTS: Police Scotland is failing to provide Best Value because of unrealistic targets to maintain an arbitrary minimum number
Read moreBriefing 078 Policy – Education Delivery Plan – July 2016
This briefing covers the Scottish Government’s Education Delivery Plan. It sets out measures to reduce the attainment gap in Scottish
Read moreTerm Time Working Briefing
Term time working should be included as an option in any workplace agreements around flexible working Employers must consider Term
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