Trade union involvement in public service improvement

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Government's market-led approach will undermine localism agenda

A new report published today (Tuesday) by unions and voluntary sector groups highlights potential flaws in the government's localism agenda, as outlined in the Localism Act.

31 July 2012
Representatives of more than a million NHS professionals excluded from Prime Minister's health summit

Commenting on the Prime Minister's decision to invite only a handful of trade bodies to his health summit this afternoon (Monday), TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

20 February 2012
Northern TUC welcomes Hitachi decision to help get the region ‘Back on Track'

In response to the long-awaited parliamentary announcement from the Minister of Transport, Phillip Hammond, giving the go-ahead to the Intercity Express Programme Northern TUC Regional Secretary, Kevin Rowan said: "The Secretary of State's announceme...

1 March 2011
TUC on new standards in social housing

Commenting on Government plans to establish the Tenant Services Authority to ensure improved standards for the UK's eight million tenants in social housing, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

11 November 2009
Markets have failed public services - time for a new 'public value' alternative

Successive attempts to introduce market mechanisms into public services by Labour and Conservative governments - £44 billion worth of public services are now delivered each year outside the public sector - have not delivered better value and have oft...

11 June 2008
Health unions join together to lobby Parliament

An unprecedented alliance of health unions - both affiliated and non-affiliated to the TUC - has been launched today (Wednesday) on the day that the Labour Party Conference debates health policy to warn that recent progress in the NHS is under threat...

27 September 2006


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