Audit Scotland has published its assessment of local authority budgets for 2025/26. This e brief presents the headlines. The Audit
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Double whammy for local government workers
Commenting on Audit Scotland’s Local Government Budgets 2025/6 report and latest inflation figures, UNISON Scotland’s regional manager Kay Sillars said today (Thursday): “Council
Read moreSSSC Consultation on Expanding the Register
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has been consulting on a proposal for Social Work Assistants to become registered. The
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Council staff to be issued with strike ballots in dispute over pay, says UNISON
Scotland’s largest union is balloting council staff across Scotland, in the largest vote of its kind in recent years, says
Read moreBriefing 153 – COSLA’s pay offer: the facts
This bargaining briefing gives the facts about COSLA’s pay offer of 17 February. COSLA’s 3% pay offer is a real
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Local government workers vote overwhelmingly to support industrial action
Scotland’s largest local government union UNISON has announced today (Friday) that council workers have voted in their tens of thousands to
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Council workers in Scotland asked to back strike ballot move, says UNISON
More than 70,000 local government workers in Scotland are being consulted over potential pay strikes, says UNISON today (Thursday). Council
Read moreBriefing 152 – National Social Work Agency Update: March 2025
Plans are going ahead to create a National Social Work Agency (NSWA) as part of the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill,
Read moree-brief – Insourcing of Adult Residential and Home Care
This briefing provides recent examples of where, how and why adult social care services have been returned in-house (‘insourced’) to
Read moreBriefing 151 – Accounts Commission report: Additional Support for Learning
This briefing summarises the latest Accounts Commission report on Additional Support for Learning. UNISON members in pupil support roles play
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