Responses and Submissions

UNISON welcomes the committee’s inquiry into closing the attainment gap. There is widespread agreement that children from low income households do significantly worse at school than those from better-off households ... Read More

UNISON welcomes the committee’s inquiry into closing the attainment gap. There is widespread agreement that children from low income households do significantly worse at school than those from better of ... Read More

UNISON Scotland’s Submission to the Scottish Government on its Consultation on Proposals to Introduce a Statutory Duty of Candour for Health and Social Care Services. https://unison-scotland.org/wp-content/uploads/ScotGovtConsultation_StatutoryDutyofCandourinHealthSocialCare_UNISONScotlandresponse_Jan2015.pdf Responses and Submissions ... Read More

Private sector rent levels have been increasing at some of the highest rates in the UK and are now double the cost of social housing. This is particularly acute in ... Read More

As a public sector trade union, UNISON is opposed to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as we believe it is a profound threat to public services, especially through the ... Read More

Community energy provides an opportunity to diversify Scotland's energy ownership from the dominance of big energy companies. The draft Community Energy Statement usefully sets out the measures the Scottish Government ... Read More

In this brief response we provide some key background context and concentrate on spending relating to the three National Performance Framework National Indicators on which the Committee will focus its ... Read More

Becoming a Good Food Nation: UNISON Scotland Response to the Scottish Government consultation on Scotland’s National Food & Drink Policy - October 2014 We recommend to Ministers our Food for ... Read More

These are tough times for local government: services are being squeezed and so are the living standards of the workers who deliver those services. The local government revenue grant has ... Read More

UNISON Scotland has long campaigned for the quality of social care to be raised.  We have been involved formally in various forums dealing with health and social care integration since ... Read More