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Picture posed by model to illustrate self-isolating measures
LOW-PAID workers are going without the financial support they need to self-isolate, unions have warned.
The TUC said that the lack of decent sick pay was a “gaping hole” in the government’s approach to public health.
A study by the union confederation suggests that demand for a scheme to help workers self-isolate outstrips allocated funding.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action