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#MeToo, menopause and flexible working: future topics for the FDA Women’s Network
All that was discussed at the inaugural steering group meeting.
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Standard Committee Response: MPs may “kick Dame Laura’s recommendations into the long grass”
FDA Assistant General Secretary Amy Leversidge discusses the Standards Committee’s recent response to the Dame Laura…
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Working Hours Survey reveals the “false economy” of unsustainable workloads
The results for our 2018 Working Hours Survey tell the story of an overworked, under-resourced civil…
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We can’t allow justice to become devalued
FDA National Officer Steven Littlewood responds to Max Hill QC’s recent Justice Select Committee appearance.
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Government risks a shootout on civil service pay: Penman in CSW
Read FDA General Secretary Dave Penman’s latest column for Civil Service World, where he warns that…
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World AIDS Day: How FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove and his MoJ colleagues raised £2,400
FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove discusses his fundraising efforts in the MoJ and why it’s still so…
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Jeremy Heywood: “The pre-eminent public servant of his age”
Public servants and politicians alike mourn the passing of Cabinet Secretary Lord Jeremy Heywood, named by…
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Inside the Foreign Office: Attend our Fast Stream networking event
Fast streamers from all departments are invited to join us at our event on Wednesday, 28…
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Young Workers Month: Achieving things here and now
This Young Workers Month Lizzie Houghton, Co-convenor of the FDA Fast Stream Section, looks at how…
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Unions and Scottish Government cosign Fair Work agreement
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution Derek MacKay has signed a union agreement committing to…
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Equal Pay Day 2018: The civil service is falling short
Being fairly paid for the work you do isn’t a big ask, but the civil service…
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If the Government wants a world class service it must offer world class resourcing
ARC President Paula Houghton responds to concerns raised by the PAC regarding HMRC’s Brexit preparations
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Justice Week 2018: Calls for increased funding to maintain public faith in the justice system
Representatives from the FDA, the Law Society and the Bar Council, have called for increased investment…
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Plan to appoint business leaders as ambassadors “risks undermining the UK’s influence”
The FDA has criticised proposals to recruit UK ambassadors from the private sector
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BAME into Leadership 2018: What is your story?
On Wednesday 10 October, Prospero House saw the ninth annual BAME into Leadership London conference: a…
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Government’s approach to pay an insult to members
Dave Penman updates members on the result of our application for Judicial Review of the civil…
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FDA welcomes important, if overdue, House of Commons Commission decision
On 24 October, the Commission voted to implement the recommendations from Dame Laura report, and expressed…
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The FDA calls for urgent action on the Dame Laura Cox report
The FDA welcomed the report and wholeheartedly supports Dame Laura’s recommendations, which echo the union’s own.
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“Until Parliament acts, the House of Commons will continue to be as fragile as a House of Cards”: the FDA backs Dame Laura Cox report recommendations
“The House of Commons needs to wake up. Dame Laura hits the nail on the head…
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Unchartered territory: Matt Ross speaks with Philip Rycroft
Matt Ross talks to the Department for Exiting the European Union Permanent Secretary about dealing with…
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Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply ‘a flash in the pan’, FDA urges Scottish Government
““While we welcome the in-year budget increase, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance must ensure this comes…
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Bisexual visibility: bringing your whole self to work
Christine Boden, Chair of the Ministry of Justice’s LGBTQI network, describes why she will never stop…
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SCS pay systems creak at seams while Government works at a snail’s pace, says FDA
“Year after year the Government has ignored independent advice and evidence about the urgency to resolve…
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Women into Leadership London 2018: Wear your red shoelaces
On 11 September, 850 female civil servants – and women interested in becoming part of the…
