Branch Secretary Carla Young reports on the ongoing Library Service public consultation Many Hampshire residents are aware that Hampshire County Council anticipate a budget shortfall of £80 million by April 2021. The Library Service’s anticipated contribution to the overall savings target is £1.76 million. While this contribution may appear to be very small in comparison […]
Hampshire Unison January 2020 Newsletter
It is anticipated that the state pension will rise by 4% from next April, 2020. This was the figure provided by the Office for National Statistics of the average wage growth up to July this year and should therefore be reproduced in the pension increase due to the Triple Lock protection (yet another issue your […]
Diana Barnes and Chris O’Neill were Hampshire’s delegates to this year’s conference, representing Hampshire’s 1,010 retired members. Southport is located on the north-west coast of England, not far from Liverpool. It is a lively holiday resort with many shops and restaurants and noticeably friendly residents. A more detailed report of the conference will be produced. […]
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Exciting, amusing, stimulating, entertaining, intellectually challenging, all this is one day at the Tolpuddle Festival. Our thanks to Patrick Young, Area Organiser South East/West team, who arranged the coach to the Festival for Unison members and friends, picking up at Winchester and Southampton. During the morning we visited the exhibition area manned by people representing […]
Dear Members The Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival takes place this year 19-21 July. It is a weekend of family entertainment, stalls, political debate, comedy, music and a grand procession through the village. There is no entrance charge on the Sunday apart from £10 parking fee and bucket collection. The procession takes place from 2 pm, the […]
Can you smell it? The stink of hypocrisy when Theresa May expresses her disappointment at the BBC announcement not to provide funding for free TV licences to the majority of pensioners over the age of 75. It was her government that transferred this unwanted burden on to the BBC. The resultant inquiry was passed into […]
You will probably be aware that the BBC has announced that it will not be providing funding for free TV licences for the majority of pensioners over the age of seventy-five. Your Committee believe this is shameful, and if you agree, we encourage you to sign the petition available here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/234627 Currently over 75,000 people have […]
Making use of their Bus Passes some of the Retired Members Section recently gathered for lunch at King John’s House and Heritage Centre in Romsey. It was a sunny mid-May day so we were able to eat outside in the beautiful garden.