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📰Press release: Council and school staff need a fair pay rise, say unions unsn.uk/4ireO7w

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Listen live now to @unisontheunion general secretary @cmcanea on @TimesRadio with @ayeshahazarika thetimes.com/radio/live

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UNISON general secretary @cmcanea is about to go live as a guest on @bbclaurak programme on BBC1.
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General secretary of @unisontheunion, @cmcanea said: "The Tories should be hanging their heads in shame, not crowing about their record. They ran services into the ground, awarded lucrative contracts to cronies and denied staff a proper pay rise." mirror.co.uk/news/politics/u…

Tories told to 'hang their heads in shame' by union leader after NHS boast

Stuart Andrew MP defended the Tory record, despite waiting lists soaring to a record 7.7 million on their watch, with more than 300,000 people waiting over a year for treatment

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Consultation and funding are the first steps to improving social care, says UNISON unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/c…
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UNISON general secretary @cmcanea: “This is a positive step and shows ministers are listening to UNISON's warnings. “The NHS relies on support staff to keep hospitals running efficiently. They deserve the same pay and conditions as other health workers." unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/g…

Government shift on outsourcing is a positive step for NHS, says UNISON  - UNISON National

New guidance says ministers have listened to UNISON concerns about impact of outsourcing on staff

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Streeting forces NHSE U-turn on subcos ift.tt/aOzgXxH

Streeting forces NHSE U-turn on subcos

NHS England has rowed back on its insistence that all trusts "have or use" wholly owned subsidiary companies to run ancillary services following intervention from the health and social care secretary.

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UNISON has chosen to back Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP to become deputy leader of the Labour Party unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/u…

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UNISON and other health unions' decision to step away from the NHS pay review body, explained by @cmcanea in the FT. ft.com/content/5fdf5181-ca99…

NHS unions to boycott pay review bodies after trust hits ‘rock bottom’

Groups demand direct talks with ministers after 2025 pay rise falls behind inflation level

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UNISON won't be taking part in the next NHS pay review body round and calls for direct talks to fix health staff pay and structural issues. unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/d…

Dump pay review body for direct NHS salary talks, says UNISON - UNISON National

Tackling pay and structural issues is the way forward, not another pay review body process

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Ministers must make good on NHS pay-talk promises, say health unions as all but one announce they will not submit evidence to pay review body. unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/m…

Ministers must make good on NHS pay-talk promises, say health unions - UNISON National

Most Agenda for Change unions won't submit evidence to next NHS pay review body

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National at-work health service would be a win for staff, employers and the country, says new @thefabians report supported by @unisontheunion unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/n…
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Healthcare assistants across Worcestershire win long-running battle for better pay unsn.uk/4p93HTO

Healthcare assistants across Worcestershire win long-running battle for better pay

More than 1,000 of the support workers across Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust will now receive up to £4,000 in back pay and pay rise.

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RT @unisontheunion: Christina McAnea and @friends_earth chief executive Asad Rehman at TUC this afternoon discussing just transition and wo…
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NHS cannot be rebuilt by slashing pay and conditions of the lowest paid, Christina McAnea tells union leaders unison.org.uk/news/2025/09/n…

NHS cannot be rebuilt by slashing pay and conditions of the lowest paid, says UNISON  - UNISON...

Christina McAnea promises robust union response to fight outsourcing

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On the eve of #TUC25, @unisontheunion general secretary @cmcanea tells ministers they need to honour pre-election promises on outsourcing, or risk strikes in the NHS independent.co.uk/news/uk/-n…

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AI can help cut patient treatment times, but it’s no substitute for trained and caring staff, says UNISON unison.org.uk/news/2025/08/a…
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"Police community support officers deserve the same levels of respect and protection as other staff", said @unisontheunion general secretary Christina McAnea. "No one should be attacked or live in fear of being assaulted just for doing their job." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8…

'I was strangled - just while doing my job', says Surrey PCSO

Assaults on police community support officers are up 40%, according to data obtained by the BBC.

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In the Guardian, @unisontheunion general secretary Christina McAnea @cmcanea criticises the decision to to make it harder for migrant workers to work as carers. She says a joined-up approach is needed if the crisis-ridden sector is to be transformed. theguardian.com/society/2025…

The care sector needs migrant workers. Labour’s visa crackdown is a cynical move | Letter

Letter: Ministers must think again on their approach to foreign help – and announce the funding to make the fair pay agreement a reality, says Christina McAnea of Unison

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Writing for @MirrorPolitics, on private firms delivering NHS services, @unisontheunion general secretary Christina McAnea @cmcanea says: 'No one should be making a profit from running public services' mirror.co.uk/news/politics/c…

'Workers at private firms delivering NHS services rarely get a good deal'

Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea writes for The Mirror on private firms delivering NHS services, saying: 'No one should be making a profit from running public services'

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