Plans for an independent Education Standards Authority would be welcomed by school leaders
It is encouraging that the Labour Party is committing to extra funding for education. All political parties need to sign up to this.
Commenting on the publication of the Labour Party’s 2017 manifesto today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Labour has produced a manifesto that delivers for public services....
Commenting on the malware attack today (Friday) on the NHS, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Staff are already facing huge challenges to keep the health service running and deliver the...
Education is still a key election battleground and we need to keep it that way
Whoever forms the next government needs to fund education fully and fairly, reversing the £3bn of real terms cuts schools are facing
Some schools face losing 50% of caretaking staff under an academy chain’s ‘controversial’ plans released today (Tuesday). Education unions have issued a warning over plans by London-based...
We need the next government to take up our call for a national strategy to deliver the good quality teachers schools need
In response to NHS Providers calling for an end to pay restraint for staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Action is needed now to stop staff leaving the NHS. Hospitals will struggle to...
Welcoming the Labour Party’s pledge to end hospital parking charges for patients, visitors and NHS staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The cost of hospital parking is heaping...