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Friday 19 February 2010

UNISON highlights threat to charities from cuts and contract competition‏

A UNISON commissioned report reveals that in a couple of local authority areas, the voluntary sector was "completely wiped out of home care" by competition from private companies who "don't pay pensions, who have zero hour contracts for staff". See Guardian report.