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Use of temporary and fixed-term staff is wasteful
23 August 2010
Responding to a Freedom of Information request from MP Tom Watson which revealed there were more than 4,000 staff on temporary contracts across 20 government departments, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Our response to the government's Spending Challenge
19 August 2010
Responding to the ideas shortlist on the government's Spending Challenge website, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Unions to recommend improved offer to settle BAA dispute
17 August 2010
PCS will recommend to its members an improved offer from BAA to settle a potentially damaging dispute over pay.
More defence cuts will damage frontline support
13 August 2010
Further cuts to civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence will damage the support available to frontline troops, PCS warns.
Pickles piles pressure on under-fire Government Office staff
12 August 2010
Responding to the release of information about the costs incurred by the Department for Communities and Local Government, PCS negotiations officer Kim Hendry said:
Mass job losses loom as justice cuts revealed
10 August 2010
The Ministry of Justice is planning for job cuts on an unprecedented scale as the first indication of the savings demanded by the coalition government is revealed.
Evidence busts myth pensions are unaffordable
30 July 2010
Evidence submitted by the civil service unions to the government's review of public sector pensions busts the myth that they are unreformed, overly-generous and unaffordable.
Welfare reforms doomed to fail under cuts agenda
30 July 2010
Responding to Iain Duncan Smith's consultation about changes to the benefits system, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
MPs to hear case against cuts to redundancy pay
27 July 2010
MPs on an influential parliamentary committee will today hear PCS's case against cuts to civil service redundancy terms.
Policing changes could damage fight against crime
26 July 2010
Responding to today's announcement on changes to policing bodies, PCS negotiations officer Jeremy Gautrey said:
Pickles plans to grab power from the regions
22 July 2010
The plan confirmed today by the communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles to axe the government's regional offices is an attempt to grab more power for Westminster, PCS says.
Arts and culture will suffer from 50% cuts
21 July 2010
Support for the UK's key cultural attractions will inevitably suffer if the Department for Culture, Media and Sport cuts running costs by half, PCS says.
Cuts threaten equalities work
16 July 2010
Responding to news of further cuts in the Equality and Human Rights Commission, PCS vice president Sue Bond said:
A 'snapshot' of government's cuts
15 July 2010
Responding to today's story in the Guardian newspaper about the impact of cuts in the Crown Prosecution Service, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Cuts to civil service redundancy pay could be illegal
15 July 2010
The new government's plans to cut civil service redundancy terms could be challenged in parliament and the courts, PCS warns.
Reps come together to discuss response to cuts
7 July 2010
More than 100 senior PCS reps and officials are meeting today to discuss reaction to the most draconian public spending cuts in living memory.
Government risks abandoning the regions
7 July 2010
Regional services will be put at risk if the government's plan to abolish its network of offices goes ahead, the Public and Commercial Services union warns.
Anger as the government treats its staff with contempt
6 July 2010
Responding to today's announcement that the government intends to change the law to cut civil service redundancy terms, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
We will resist any attempt to slash redundancy pay
5 July 2010
Responding to news that the government is planning to drive through massive cuts to civil service redundancy pay, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Cutting jobcentre staff while unemployment rises is 'absurd'
28 June 2010
Plans announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today to cut 8,000 jobs from jobcentres by March 2011 are "economically absurd", PCS says.
'Right and inevitable' we will defend jobs and pensions
26 June 2010
Responding to former Labour MEP Richard Balfe's comments reported in today's Telegraph, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Asking public servants to come up with cuts is arrogant and deceitful says union
24 June 2010
The country's largest civil service union, PCS, has condemned the suggestion that public servants should put forward ideas for spending cuts as breathtakingly arrogant and deceitful.
Courts closures show stark reality of spending cuts
23 June 2010
Responding to today's announcement that almost a third of courts across the UK face closure, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Government makes the poor pay for economic crisis
22 June 2010
The coalition government has no democratic mandate to attack low-paid public servants and the vulnerable, PCS says.
We will resist attack on public sector pay and pensions
21 June 2010
Responding to the increasing attacks on public sector pay and pensions, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
'Disgraceful' attack on pay and pensions
19 June 2010
Responding to David Cameron's comments today that the government will target public sector pay and pensions in the budget, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Judge vindicates PCS over cuts to redundancy pay
18 June 2010
A High Court judge has dealt the final blow to the government's unlawful cuts to civil service redundancy pay.
Public sector cuts will damage the economy
10 June 2010
Responding to figures released by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) today predicting a rise in unemployment to 3 million the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has warned that public service cuts will cause enormous economic and social damage.
Judgement reserved in compensation scheme case
9 June 2010
Final judgement has been reserved in our legal challenge to the way the government tried to cut civil service redundancy pay.
Thousands of jobs under threat in UK Border Agency
9 June 2010
Staff in the UK Border Agency fear thousands of jobs could be axed in the next few years after plans were announced to cut 1,700 posts this year, the Public and Commercial Services union says.
Make the case for the alternative
8 June 2010
In response to publication of the government's spending review framework document, PCS deputy general secretary Hugh Lanning said:
Unions will resist harsh cuts in public spending
7 June 2010
Responding to today's speech by prime minister David Cameron, PCS deputy general secretary Hugh Lanning said:
Agencies under threat provide essential public services
4 June 2010
The government agencies so far earmarked for closure as part of the £6 billion extra cuts planned by the Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition provide vital public services and thousands of jobs, PCS says.
Tax officers stage protest against cuts to services
1 June 2010
Tax advisers are to stage a protest outside the Treasury today against a further reduction in the times members of the public and businesses can receive assistance in person.
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