Local government staff deserve better from ministers

Ministers must fund local government properly or vital public services are at risk of destruction, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea warned today (Sunday).
Speaking at UNISON’s local government conference in Brighton, she paid tribute to the work public service staff did to help communities through the pandemic.
She said: “I know that workers in councils, schools, care homes, and in the community went above and beyond during Covid.
“Headlines may have told a story