Local Government

Local goverment serves the peopleLocal Government is UNISON Scotland’s biggest service group. Its remit covers a range of employees including those of all of Scotland’s councils, Direct Labour and Direct Service Organisations, Trusts, Joint Boards, voluntary and related organisations and private companies.

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Local Government Finance Settlement 2023/24 / Statistics for 2021/22

This E briefing provides updates, including on the Local Government Settlement, from a number of recent reports with information and ... Read More

Briefing – National Care Service Stage 1 Committee conclusions.

Holyrood Committees have been looking at the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill ahead  of the Stage 1 vote on the ... Read More

Scottish government £100m funding boost for councils ‘won’t touch the sides’, says UNISON

Commenting on the Scottish government’s announcement today (Tuesday) of a £100 million cash injection to help settle local government pay ... Read More

Briefing 121 – National Care Service Bill: Verdict of Social Work Staff

This briefing looks at the results of UNISON's survey of social work members in which we asked for their views ... Read More

National Care Service Bill: the Verdict from Social Work Staff

The National Care Service Bill proposes the biggest change to social work services in over 50 years. It transfers statutory ... Read More

Local Government 23-24 Finance – Council Funding Allocations

Scottish councils face enormous funding challenges this year and beyond, with real fears for the impact on vital services. This ... Read More

Local Government Pay Claim 2023

Our joint TU pay claim for 2023 has now been submitted to COSLA. The full version which contains our detailed ... Read More

Briefing for UNISON Members: Pensions and the NCS Bill

This briefing is for UNISON members who work in social care and social work. It explains what the National Care ... Read More

Fund third sector organisations properly or risk a new wave of strikes, warns UNISON

UNISON Scotland has written to the Scottish government today (Friday) calling for an urgent funding injection for the third sector ... Read More

Council strikes could return within weeks, says UNISON

UNISON, and sister trade unions Unite and GMB, are threatening pull out local government school staff and refuse workers on ... Read More

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Latest local government briefings

Local Government 23-24 Finance – Council Funding Allocations

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Scottish councils face enormous funding challenges this year and beyond, with real fears for the impact on vital services. This ...

Briefing for UNISON Members: Pensions and the NCS Bill

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This briefing is for UNISON members who work in social care and social work. It explains what the National Care ...

National Care Service Bill – A brief guide

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The Scottish Parliament is currently considering the National Care Service (Scotland Bill). UNISON Scotland has prepared a short guide to ...

Local Government and the National Care Service

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The National Care Service Bill was introduced to Parliament on 21 June. This briefing looks at what the proposals mean ...

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Latest responses and submissions

National Public Energy Agency

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UNISON supports the creation of a new public agency to direct the roll-out of heating decarbonisation and energy efficiency. Strategic ...

Implementing Part 3 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019: Bus Services

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UNISON believes we deserve a world class bus system. But we will only get this by rejecting deregulation and privatisation ...

Scotland’s economic performance: The contribution of place based economic development zones

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UNISON opposes the idea of freeports. The UK Government has made clear that freeports will be private sector driven initiatives, ...

Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill

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UNISON fully supports this bill to regulate rents in the private rented sector (PRS). We represent some of the lowest ...

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