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2022 Wendy Jones Award winner: Grace Oduja
“It’s in my DNA to help”: Grace Oduja reacts to winning award that recognises equalities work.
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Meet the FDA’s new intern
Euan Stock introduces himself and sets out how he will be helping to formulate the FDA’s…
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FDA Cymru: ffocws a gweithgarwch newydd
Gareth Hills mae’n amlinellu’r newidiadau a’r dyfodol ar gyfer FDA Cymru|Wales.
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FDA Wales: renewed focus and activity
Gareth Hills’ outlines the changes and future for FDA Cymru|Wales.
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“Collaboration is the name of the game”
Tommy Newell speaks to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton about Ukraine,…
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Gisela Stuart: “We should all speak up when integrity and professionalism are being undermined”
In her first public speech in the role, First Civil Service Commissioner Gisela Stuart criticised the…
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Meet the President
The FDA’s new President Tony Wallace tells Scott Dobson about never looking back after joining the…
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Sunak’s proposals show “he doesn’t understand the basics of how the civil service operates”
Penman blasts the former Chancellor’s “ill-thought-out rhetoric that doesn’t survive the first hour of scrutiny”
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Dave Penman on antisemitism and the civil service
FDA General Secretary calls responds to the Foreign Secretary’s comments regarding antisemitism in the civil service
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“Recycled failed policies”: Truss’s ‘war on Whitehall’ is nothing new
The FDA rebuffed Truss’s recycled policies and helped force her U-turn
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Changes to Senedd complaints time limits must not be used to “wipe the slate clean”
FDA’s National Officer for Wales says changes to the timetable to submit complaints against Senedd members…
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Ni ddylid defnyddio newidiadau i derfynau amser cwynion y Senedd i “ddechrau â llechen lân”
Siaradodd Gareth Hills, Swyddog Cenedlaethol yr FDA ar gyfer Cymru, â BBC Cymru ac ymddangosodd ar…
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Government’s response to SSRB “treats civil service leaders with contempt”
FDA Assistant General Secretary Lucille Thirlby says government’s pay offer treats senior civil servants with contempt
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Next Prime Minister must “restore trust in the integrity of government”
FDA General Secretary calls for next Prime Minister “to quickly restore trust in the integrity of…
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Dave Penman reflects on 10 years as General Secretary
Having just passed the milestone of 10 years since he was first elected as General Secretary…
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Penman: It’s time scrutiny of ministerial conduct was dragged into the 21st century
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman described the Ministerial Code as “the only mechanism a civil servant…
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Annual Conference 2022: Penman calls on Prime Minister to stop the culture war
Catch up on speeches from FDA General Secretary Dave Penman, First Civil Service Commissioner Gisela Stuart,…
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Cutting 91,000 jobs is not a serious plan to reform the civil service
Plans to cut 1 in 5 jobs via a headline in the Daily Mail is more…
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FDA Annual Report 2022
It has been another extraordinary year for the FDA. As the fastest growing union in the…
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Job Advert: FDA Summer Internship
Your chance to be part of the fastest growing union in the UK, defending public servants…
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A significant step forward
Scott Dobson outlines why the FDA chose to launch a legal challenge to the Prime Minister’s…
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Hair shirt public service
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman on the stark message for civil servants from this year’s pay…
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The opportunity to see beyond what you are
Since its launch, FDA Learn has helped thousands of public servants with their career development. Scott…
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There to be challenged
STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer speaks to Kay Hender about our responsibility to encourage others and…
