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Cutting 91,000 jobs is not a serious plan to reform the civil service
Plans to cut 1 in 5 jobs via a headline in the Daily Mail is more akin to the practices of P&O Ferries than it should be a modern public service organisation, writes FDA General Secretary Dave Penman.
17th May 2022| By Dave Penman
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FDA Annual Report 2022
It has been another extraordinary year for the FDA. As the fastest growing union in the country, we have reached record levels of membership.
6th May 2022
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A significant step forward
Scott Dobson outlines why the FDA chose to launch a legal challenge to the Prime Minister’s decision that the Home Secretary did not breach the Ministerial Code, and how the Court came to its rejection of the idea of different standards for ministers
3rd May 2022| By Scott Dobson
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4th May 2022
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“No rationale” for ordering civil servants back to office
General Secretary Dave Penman has said ministers’ “obsession with ending flexible working and micro-managing the civil service increasingly just looks vindictive”, after Jacob Rees-Mogg called for an end to civil servants working from home.
20th Apr 2022
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Judicial review of the Home Secretary's breach of the Ministerial Code

Our application for Judicial Review was heard before Lord Justice Lewis and Mrs Justice Steyn over two days on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 November.

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Bullying in the workplace: An FDA report

Bullying is undoubtedly one of the most common issues we support FDA members with. Over a number of months, we’ve worked together to gather data and speak to members about their experiences.

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