Pay and pensions
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Institute for Government: is Whitehall’s workforce model broken?
FDA General Secretary responds to think tank’s report on civil service churn.
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Government should commit to pay settled status fee for EU civil servants
The FDA sees no reason why the Government should not commit to pay the settled status…
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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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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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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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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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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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FDA members reject Ministry of Justice pay offer
FDA members in the MOJ have voted against a pay deal that could see individuals face…
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Pay 2018: Why we have issued legal proceedings
Together with PCS and Prospect, the FDA has issued legal proceedings against the Minister for the…
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What is the value of brilliance?
FDA Vice President Tony Wallace asks, if the acting Cabinet Secretary thinks all civil servants are…
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Legal action on civil service pay
Alongside PCS and Prospect, the FDA has warned the Minister for the Cabinet Office to withdraw…
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Pay 2018: Joint statement from the FDA, PCS and Prospect
The three unions’ General Secretaries have written to Elizabeth Truss, Chief Secretary for the Treasury, the…
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Pay 2018: A message from the General Secretary
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman updates members on pay for 2018 and the publication on Monday…
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Civil servants won’t settle for being stuck at the back of the queue
With the pay cap finally being lifted, the FDA will be pressing ministers to ensure civil…
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FDA challenges Gove for peddling working hours “myths”
FDA National Officer Steven Littlewood has met with Environment Secretary Michael Gove to discuss reports that…
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“Broken, divisive and demotivating”
The latest FDA survey of members in the senior civil service gives a decisive thumbs-down to…
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Skills, thrills and Brexit headaches: Matt Ross meets Rupert McNeil
When Rupert McNeil left the private sector to lead civil service HR two years ago, he…
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Fight for fair pay continues after Budget let down
The FDA has vowed to continue its drive for a fair and fully-funded pay rise right…
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Compensation Scheme changes “a backwards step”
New Cabinet Office proposals for changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) are a “major…
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Unions back FDA call for new civil service settlement
Ministers must wake up and recognise the “crisis of resourcing” facing Britain’s civil service, the FDA…
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Patel’s allies “peddling myths” on civil service pay, says FDA
The FDA has accused allies of International Development Secretary Priti Patel of “peddling myths” on civil…
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Review body calls for a “full overhaul” of SCS pay
The Government has agreed to conduct a formal review of Senior Civil Service (SCS) pay, after…
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Surveys flag concern over pay and workloads
More than two-thirds of FDA members have worked while on sick or annual leave in the…
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Breaking Point
With prices rising and staff shortages spreading across public services, cracks are already appearing in the…
