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PCS delegates will be in Brighton next week for our annual delegate conference, but if you are a member and can’t be there in person, you can log into PCS Digital and watch a live stream of the debates.

Government plans to restore nature and halt the decline in species in the UK do not address the cliff edge we face in protecting and enhancing the natural environment, says PCS in response to a Defra consultation.

Amid pronouncements from some in government that some agencies should be privatised or shut down, PCS has stressed to the Cabinet Office the vital role that staff in arm's-length bodies have played in keeping the country running during the pandemic.

PCS members working for the DVLA are worried and angered by reports that the government is considering closing the agency in a second ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’.

PCS has dismissed as absurd prime minister Boris Johnson’s calls to privatise HM Passport Office when it is clear that the current problems in passport processing are mainly down to the casualisation of the workforce.