Briefing 072 Bargaining: Buurtzorg Care Model – Jan 2016 Applying the Buurtzorg care model in Scotland Introduction Buurtzorg is a
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MSP e-brief Private Housing (Tenancies) Bill Stage 1 debate
UNISON Scotland believes that housing has been left to the market for too long. The market has failed to deliver.
Read moree-briefing: Council Tax Freeze Explained – Jan 2016
e-briefing: Council Tax Freeze Explained -Jan 2016 The announcement by Moray Council that they are to consider increasing the Council Tax
Read moreBriefing 71 – Why we need local government to deliver good health – Jan 2016
KEY POINTS: Protecting spending on health services isn’t just about protecting the NHS: local government also provides direct health services.
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Health Visitor Survey
As part of the Children and Young People Act (Scotland) 2014, Health Visitors have been designated to be the Named
Read moree-briefing Relaxing borrowing rules for councils
The new draft Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 cover changes to the statutory arrangements for local
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Briefing 70: Ethical Care Charter
KEY POINTS: The Ethical Care Charter was developed to provide a better quality and dignified care service This should be
Read moree-briefing Scottish Budget 2016-17
e-briefing_ScottishBudget2016-17_Dec2015.pdf The Scottish Government has published its draft budget for 2016-17. This is somewhat later than usual, as they reasonably
Read moreDisconnected: ICT staff survey Nov 2015
UNISON survey of staff working in Information and Communications Technology Key Issues Communications technology offers opportunities to transform the delivery of
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e-briefing on Autumn Statement – Osborne forced to abandon savage tax credit cuts
e-briefing_UKAutumnStatement_Nov2015 PDF “The UK highlights include the abandonment of the savage Tax Credit cuts, following the government’s defeat in the House
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