Better Procurement Councils purchase a wide range of goods and services and this is an important opportunity to extend the
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Tag: UK Government
e-briefing: Zero hours contracts – Queen’s Speech
The employment law focus in today’s Queen’s Speech will be on the proposed Industrial Relations Bill and the restrictions on
Read moreBriefing 65: Policy – Queens’s Speech: UK government programme and Scotland
The Queen’s Speech outlines the UK government’s legislative plans for the coming session. As usual many of the Bills have
Read morePoorer workers poorer services: Life in Con Dem Inverness May 2015
Over the last two years UNISON Scotland has compiled a number of reports into the living standards and working lives
Read moreMSP e-briefing TTIP
UNISON Scotland welcomes the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney’s response to the European and External Relations Committee Report on the
Read moree-briefing Public services election 7 May 2015
Public services are the number one election issue for the majority of Scottish voters. Today we have published a full scale
Read morePublic Service Futures Issue 11 – Winter 2015
PublicServiceFutures11_Winter2015 Public Service FUTURES Issue 11 – Winter 2015: Cuts and more cuts: Analysis of Osborne’s Autumn Statement Fatter cats: The bosses’
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Council Connections 10 – Jan 2015
The Budget Bill The Budget Bill offers little relief to hard pressed councils who are bearing the brunt of austerity
Read moree-briefing: Autumn Statement 2014
There is a lot of analysis and comment on yesterday’s UK Autumn Statement, but from a UNISON Scotland perspective there
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