Scottish Greens urged to withdraw support for National Care Service plans

Unison has joined council leaders, the STUC, and senior NHS executives in expressing serious reservations about the proposed SNP plans.

Scotland's largest trade union has urged the Greens to withdraw support for controversial plans to create a National Care Service.

But local authorities have withdrawn support for the project amid fears it amounts to little more than a power-grab. "Local councillors play a crucial role in highlighting the potential fallout if the bill is passed including that local accountability will be the first casualty if this bill goes through.

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