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NEU PCS

Unions urge government to maintain £20 uplift in Universal Credit

The NEU and PCS have both called on the government to maintain the current £20 increase in Universal Credit beyond the 31 March deadline. The Labour Party will ...
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Rishi Sunak Winter Economy Plan
Bectu GMB PCS UNISON Unite USDAW

Unions respond to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economy Plan

With the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme due to end on 31 October, the Chancellor today announced further economic measures to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trade ...
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Heathrow Airport
PCS Unite

Heathrow Airport issues formal notice of redundancies as talks with unions stall

Reports suggest that Heathrow Airport informed unions this afternoon that it was issuing a formal Section 188 notice to trigger the 45-day consultation period before compulsory redundancies. The ...
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Rishi Sunak MP
GMB NEU PCS UNISON USDAW

What the unions made of this week’s Budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed his first Budget this week – amid a backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, issues concerning Statutory Sick Pay, an interest rate drop and low ...
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Priti Patel
PCS

The government has “presided over a bullying culture within the civil service”, says PCS

The Public and Commercial Services Union have called for an independent inquiry into bullying in the civil service, as pressure grows on the Home Secretary Priti Patel. The ...
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Acas
PCS

PCS members at Acas to take industrial action over long-running dispute

More than 80% of members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working at conciliation service Acas have voted in favour of strike action. Acas, the conciliation ...
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PCS

PCS plans day of “activities” on 28 February to call for pay increase for public sector workers

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is calling for a 5% for public sector workers, and has arranged a day of activities on 28 February to “increase the ...
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PCS

PCS calls for Border Force staffing increase after “damning” MPs report

A report by the home affairs select committee has found that UK borders are not ready for Brexit, leading to calls from the PCS union for an increase ...
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PCS

PCS reveal women civil service workers are worst hit by government’s “ongoing attack on pay”

The union’s analysis of the ongoing civil service pay freeze shows that female workers have suffered the most. To mark yesterday’s day of protests against the civil service ...
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PCS

PCS call on MPs to invest more in “inadequately resourced” HMRC

The Public and Commercial Services Union will call on MPs to invest in resources for HMRC in a bill committee meeting on Tuesday 23 January. The bill – Taxation (Cross-border ...
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