Time is nearly up to be sure of your place at the must be there event of 2010. Stronger unions 2010 will explore how unions can respond to the new post-election environment where the effects of the ConDem coalition government are already being felt on working people and the most vulnerable in society. It’s up [...]

Following a Ballot of members of NAYCEO have agreed to change their affiliation from the National Union of Teachers to join ASPECT.

NAYCEO condemns the savage cuts in area based grants. On June 12th Groves announced 25% cuts in Area Based Grants. Given the time that it will take local authorities to make decisions and consult staff effected by redundancy this mean in real terms a 50% cut. This approach is highly irresponsible and will lead to [...]

The TUC has said a review of UK health and safety regulation announced this week by David Cameron will undermine the ‘already limited’ legal protection of UK workers. He said the prime minister was pandering to the businesses that are responsible for hundreds of thousands of workers falling sick each year. The review is to [...]

In 2001 the Joseph Rowntree Foundation embarked upon a programme of research that explored the problem of illicit drugs in the UK. The research addressed many questions that were often too sensitive for the government to tackle. In many cases, these studies represented the first research on these issues. This study gives an overview of [...]