Unions

• At least 160 youth centres have closed since 2016, FOI reveals

  At least 160 youth centres have closed since 2016, a report based on Freedom of Information Act requests by Unison claims.

  

• Reading council considers ‘huge scale privatisation’

  Reading Borough Council plans to undertake a programme of ‘huge scale privatisation’ that will affect thousands of council workers, union warns.

  

• Union blasts Somerset CC for ‘financial incompetence’

  A union has accused Somerset County Council of ‘financial incompetence’ after the authority proposed staff take two days of unpaid leave.

  

• Union rejects Scottish councils' pay offer

  Members of the GMB Scotland trade union have rejected the Scottish local government pay offer, potentially sparking industrial action.

  

• Unison calls for windfall tax on PFI corporations

  Trade union Unison has backed a Labour MP’s call for a windfall tax on private companies delivering public services.

  

• Code of conduct for private companies ‘urgently’ required, union says

  The Government needs to establish a new code of conduct for the delivery of public services by private companies, says public service union.

  

• Council called out on bullying and harassment

  Cheshire East Council has a bullying and harassment problem, the Local Government Association (LGA) has concluded.