There appears to be total disregard for the Staff Governance Standard within the document and there was an expectation that
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Draft Regulations relating to Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act Set 1 response
As far as we can see there is nothing in these regulations that refer to the Chief Officer of the
Read moreThe cuts don’t work
The impact of ‘austerity’ cuts on Scotland’s public services Lilian Macer, UNISON’s Scottish Convener : “It’s impossible to take this
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Inquiry into the Flexibility and Autonomy of Local Government
UNISON believes that the public sector provides a means to both deliver services cost effectively and to allow citizens to
Read morePublic Service FUTURES Issue 8 – Spring 2014
PublicServiceFutures08_Spring2014 Public Service FUTURES Issue 8 – Spring 2014: Property Tax Winners Results from new reports on funding local government
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Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill response
UNISON raised a range of concerns in our submission to the 2012 consultation on what was then called the Community
Read morePublic Service FUTURES Issue 7 – Winter 2013
unison-scotland.org/…/PublicServiceFutures07_Winter2013.pdf Public Service FUTURES Issue 7 – Winter 2013: Commission on Local Democracy; Regulatory Reform Bill; taxation in Scotland; and
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Online response to SSSC fitness to practice proposed changes
1. The “fitness to practise” criteria is very vague and it is not clear to us what objective standards the
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Public Service Futures 06 Summer 2013
Tax the Fat Cats Everyone in Scotland benefits from the existence of high quality public service. We all use them
Read moreFunding and building the homes Scotland needs – Mar 2013
Funding And Building The Homes Scotland Needs – Mar 2013 A proposal by the union UNISON to develop a new stream of finance
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