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Three Care homes close in the Birmingham
UNISON West Midlands have today confirmed that it is in discussions with Four Seasons Care Homes regarding the closure of three of there sites in the region, Heath House in Kings Norton, Ivy House in West Heath and Oaklands in Moseley.
Ravi Subramanian, UNISON West Midlands Regional Secretary said:
“UNISON is in consultation with Four Seasons Care Homes over the closure of these three properties in the region.

5.4% CAMPAIGN
Shropshire UNISON Branch is now actively pursuing the 5.4% Campaign as previously advertised. 
The original pay reduction in 2011 was supposedly a “time limited measure to allow us time to make different long term, structural changes.”  In reality salaries are still 5.4% below the NJC agreement making us the lowest paid local government staff in England.
We say that the “time limited “ period has now elapsed and it is time for Shropshire Council  to address this issue

The Cabinet Office has announced plans to cut Government office space by 75% by 2023. This comes as it is revealed that the Government has cut 2.4 million square meters of office space since 2010. It was also announced that local authorities will now be required to report on assets which will “deliver savings by making better use of empty buildings.” There will also be a requirement for local authorities to publish information about surplus assets that have been retained for longer than 2 years.

Dear Mr Duncan-Smith

Universal Credit                

We note your statement of 10 December 2015  that “there will be no 'staff transfer arrangements' for local authority housing benefit staff as universal credit rolls out”; and that this decision was “reached following 'extensive consideration of the issue and engagement with the local authority associations'”.