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Adopting the Living Wage

06/12/2013

Dave Prentis discusses why local government should be adopting the Living Wage.

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A fair representation?

06/10/2010

Recent media coverage has portrayed certain trade unions in a poor light – a disingenuous charge, says Dave Prentis.

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Why farming out our services has a price

25/04/2007

The Local Government Bill, with its emphasis on more competition, could leave councils just as commissioning bodies if shared services contracts become the norm, warns Unison leader, Dave Prentis.

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Editor’s Comment: Are councils selling off allotments?
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Council staff discouraged from using ‘mum’ and ‘dad’
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EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce

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