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.  […]