Press releases

20/05/2013 - FDA questions whether Government will back rhetoric with resources in Department of Health front line experience plan

16/05/2013 - PASC chair calls for independent Parliamentary Commission on future of civil service at FDA annual conference

16/05/2013 - Government has ‘no strategy, only dogma’ over civil service, says FDA union leader

26/04/2013 - PAC misses the point, again

24/04/2013 - FDA sets out reform agenda in alternative White Paper

17/04/2013 - FDA questions whether possible benefits from Civil Service Capability Plan launch will ever see the light of day

20/03/2013 - Budget 2013: Continual cuts and increasing demands ‘not a sustainable long-term option’, says senior public servants’ union

14/03/2013 - Government ‘prioritises politics over evidence’ in rejecting review body recommendations, says FDA

13/03/2013 - Tax gap is closing but further £8 billion could be recouped by HMRC, providing an alternative to cuts or tax increases, says ARC Budget submission

27/02/2013 - Government should accept IPSA’s judgement that full review, not arbitrary change, is the proper approach to reforming the pension contributions and pay of MPs and civil servants

19/02/2013 - Tackling tax avoidance: Public Accounts Committee needs to recognise the need for more HMRC resource and proper reward for staff, says ARC

31/01/2013 - A shoestring civil service puts Government at risk, says FDA

15/01/2013 - Discussion, not destruction, is the key to a responsive civil service says the FDA

05/12/2012 - Chancellor metes out long-term blow, says civil servants' union

03/12/2012 - Investment is welcome but doesn’t go far enough, says HMRC union

30/11/2012 - The avoided billions: ARC proposes investment of £120m to recoup an extra £3.7bn

21/11/2012 - NAO report ‘silent’ on resources for HMRC, says union

07/11/2012 - ARC welcomes minister's comments on HMRC pay

25/10/2012 - Government needs to invest in HMRC, ARC tells Treasury Sub-Committee

02/10/2012 - Relationship between ministers and civil servants at risk, says FDA

24/09/2012 - Affluence crackdown does not go far enough, says union

13/09/2012 - Government must act urgently to address reward levels, says FDA

17/08/2012 - Chief Inspector’s report supports FDA concerns over COPFS staffing levels

03/08/2012 - FDA rejects point scoring at the expense of hard working civil servants

01/08/2012 - Politicisation threat should be resisted, says FDA

26/06/2012 - FDA highlights salary levels as a recruitment issue for Ofsted inspectors

19/06/2012 - Reform plan fails to address civil servants’ reward anger

29/05/2012 - Treasury Select Committee report confirms HMRC needs more resource not less, says ARC

24/05/2012 - Public Accounts Committee should have gone further in its report on HMRC, says ARC

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