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The human cost of council cuts
DAVE PRENTIS looks beneath the statistics to expose the real damage council cuts cause
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HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
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The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
NOT a day goes by when we don’t hear a story about a council service on the brink of collapse. From the outsourcing disaster at Northamptonshire County Council to the recent damning report on the state of children’s social care by the Care Crisis Review, there is growing concern that the future of councils is at risk.
Yet all too often the human cost of cuts, and the price that individuals in communities across the country are paying, are hidden beneath the statistics.
At the beginning of our conference week, Unison published the results of a survey of over 21,000 people working in local councils across Britain. It highlighted in very stark terms indeed the human cost of these cuts on us all, and on our local communities.
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