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An extra 75 parking places will be made available in Horsham for staff based at County Hall North (CHN). This follows a move by Horsham District Council (HDC) staff into CHN planned for 1 June. The additional places will be located in the Piries Place public car park, 5 minutes’ …

UNISON West Sussex has been talking to West Sussex County Council for several months, trying to persuade them to adopt key principles when re-tendering their huge Domiciliary Care (‘dom care’) Contract. This major contract sets, provides and monitors the standard of service provided by the council to adults requiring social …

The first headline results of the two Capita surveys conducted by independent researcher Andy Holt were shown at the recent branch annual general meetings. Results showed there were both positive and negative views on a number of key issues. A couple of examples discussed were: Of the Capita-run council services, …

Several Capita employees approached UNISON office staff when distributing the last edition of ‘Branch Lines’. Many of them were unaware that Capita staff could also be UNISON members. We’d like to make clear that any member of staff working for Capita – whether you were transferred in from WSCC or …