In Birmingham, there is an opportunity for striking workers from Angela Rayner’s department to link up and protest alongside the bin workers who Rayner recently called on to accept a pay cut.

A PCS member In a move reminiscent of the coalition government of the 2010s, Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping 15% cut to the civil service administration budget. Reeves’ spring statement was a clear signal to the markets that Labour will hold to their self-imposed fiscal rules by slashing the public sector and making the […]

By a PCS activist A ballot for industrial action has opened at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Staff at Angela Rayner’s department are fighting closures, mandated attendance and restricted promotion opportunities. Birmingham, Newcastle, Truro, Exeter, Sheffield and Warrington offices will shut, with no guarantee that others are safe in the longer term.  […]

As the government prepares to cut civil service jobs, a crisis in the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has left it unable to respond. Union branches are pushing for a Special Delegate Conference to resolve the leadership deadlock, but in the meantime no strikes or campaigns are initiated, allowing Labour’s attacks to continue unchallenged.  […]