Newly elected NEC gets down to business

UNISON’s new national executive council got down to planning for the future today when it held its first business meeting since the union’s national conference a fortnight ago.
Events since conference had been dominated by “the Tory leadership kicking each other to bits,” noted general secretary Dave Prentis.
He noted that the two contenders for the leadership had promised £64bn in hand-outs to rich. But if that money was available, he asked “why have we had a