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- SNP MPs donate to Alex Salmond's legal fund over harassment claims
- Union boss says 'nasty, vindictive' Alex Salmond undermining civil service
- Critiquing the new Independent Complaints and Grievance Procedure
- Amy Leversidge: Parliament must act now on bullying and harassment
- By overturning the suspension of Anthony Lester, the Lords has discouraged staff from speaking out
- Dave Penman responds to Alex Salmond report
- Nicola Sturgeon says Salmond inquiry 'must be fair to all'
- Bercow under pressure as Commons authorities consider bullying report response
- ‘Blind prejudice’: FDA boss attacks MPs critical of civil service bonuses
- Penman: When it comes to SpAds, the buck stops with Johnson
- Cabinet Office ‘undermining’ Fast Stream with low pay
- Civil service is near breaking point, union warns
- Dave Penman: MPs are benefitting from their pay review body, why aren’t civil servants?
- Proper investment in civil service pay needed to recruit new staff
- Civil service unions back Scottish Government perm sec’s handling of Salmond allegations
- ‘Swearing and mocking colleagues seemed unremarkable’: HMRC workplace abuse revealed
- Government wants SCS pay award to address recruitment problems
- Fury as Treasury pauses Civil Service Pension Scheme valuation
- Penman: "Disruptor in chief" Truss more interested in disrupting than actual outcome
- UK wants to hire business leaders as ambassadors
- Commons bullying report accepted by commission
- Scottish ministers do not properly value work of prosecutors, union claims
- FDA: More prosecutions requires even more resources for CPS
- Dave Penman: The public trusts civil servants in testing times
- Government Legal Department staffers get overtime pay boost
- Scottish Government sets out split pay plan for civil servants
- Civil servants reveal health problems caused by high workloads
- Botched handling of Alex Salmond probe 'will stop harassment victims speaking out'
- Ministers' failure to defend Sir Kim Darroch sends worrying message to civil servants
- Penman: In a batsh*t Brexit world, someone’s got to stand up for the civil service
- Dave Penman reviews civil service chiefs’ morning of herding the Alpacas
- Dave Penman: impartiality and integrity are under attack - conspiracy theorists take note
- Penman: Governments have nothing to fear from civil service but the truth
- Dave Penman of FDA asks if UK civil servants are prepared for Brexit
- Dave Penman of FDA called for the process of finalising the new code of conduct for MPs to be delayed while concerns were properly addressed.
- Dave Penman on the Windrush scandal
- Penman: Civil servants need protection like never before
- Penman: Don't punish civil servants' for Parliament's indecision
- Enough equivocation, reform parliamentary complaints process now
- David Lidington called on to champion civil service equal pay as SCS gender gap widens
- Britain's Foreign Aid office and the Department for Exiting the EU could be scrapped or merged to free up cash for front-line services
- Penman: No-deal Brexit will demand direct rule in Northern Ireland
- MPs and unions condemn death threats against HMRC chief
- FDA and CPS join forces to launch policy to tackle stress
- FDA General Secretary Dave Penman defends the impartiality of the civil service
- The FDA: Urgent action needed on Dame Laura Cox report
- FDA in the news
- FDA urges Theresa May to protect the UK civil service from accusations
- FDA and Prospect call on party leaders to end attacks on civil servants
- Gavin Williamson accusations against Sir Mark Sedwill "beggars belief", says FDA
- Sturgeon under fire for discussing harassment claims with Salmond
- Penman: "Self-styled disruptor" Cummings will learn about the reality of government
- FDA defends decision to launch Huawei leak inquiry
- ARC: HMRC civil servants need resources, not blame
- FDA warns Johnson against the "politicisation of civil service"
- It Shouldn’t Take Public Airing Of Ruined Lives To Shame MPs Into Acting On Harassment
- Penman: Hunt's holiday cancellation threat "ludicrous"
- Judicial review of civil service pay guidance to be fast-tracked
- FDA wins pay rises for CPS staff
- FDA launches Manifesto for Justice
- Ministers, not Home Office officials, have created the Windrush scandal
- MPs' anti-bullying rules will cover Speaker, Leadsom suggests
- New Commons system ignores historic sex claims against MPs
- By overturning the suspension of Anthony Lester, the Lords has discouraged staff from speaking out
- Dave Penman: An impartial civil service is essential
- Parliament’s new anti‑bullying policy is a whitewash
- Parliament bullying report
- Parliament's new antibullying policy is a whitewash writes Amy Leversidge
- Penman: 2% pay rise for civil servants "unforgivable"
- Penman talks to BBC about Brexit resourcing
- Thirlby: Senior civil servants and and NHS managers need pension flexibility, too
- Union bosses slam Westminster sex abuse complaints procedure for excluding historical allegations
- FDA: Public sector exit pay cap will hurt all public servants - including teachers, police officers, firefighters and paramedics
- Bully for EU
- Fresh Brexit row as Tory MPs accuse Theresa May of breaking promise to shake up negotiating team
- Reporting on senior civil servants' salary demonstrates prejudice and ignorance
- Salmond’s actions are damaging the Scots government
- The Undermining Of Kim Darroch Could Do Irreparable Damage To Our Civil Service
- Cabinet Office and MHCLG top staff turnover league table
- FDA calls on party leaders to defend civil servants
- Stress and work pressure contributing to sick leave, says FDA
- The Commons must wake up: The time for deference, acquiescence and silence is over
- Civil service unions start legal case after government fails to consult on pay
- The FDA, Prospect, and the Public and Commercial Services PCS unions are seeking a judicial review over the government’s failure to consult on pay
- Digital disclosure needs proper resourcing, says Manifesto for Justice
- Alex Salmond accused of 'personal vendetta' against Leslie Evans after calling for top civil servant to quit
- Westminster abuse scandal: Watchdog 'must have more powers' to investigate MPs accused of bullying and harassment
- Penman responds to Jeremy Hunt's businessman ambassador proposal
- FDA: PM's letter to civil servants is welcome, but May must accompany words with action
- Nicola Sturgeon apologises after flaw found in Alex Salmond investigation
- Quit day job and plan for no‑deal, thousands of civil servants told
- Salmond’s drama must not distract from proper justice
- Prosecution and defence come together Prosecution and defence join forces to support Manifesto for Justice
- FDA: Prime Minister must defend her civil servants
- UK civil service threatened by ‘ideological evangelists’ warns union chief
- Civil Servants, Collective Voice and Brexit Abuse w/Amy Leversidge
- Victoria Taylor says the Government needs to be held accountable in a letter to the Telegraph
- Watch FDA General Secretary Dave Penman on BBC Newsnight on bullying complaints
- Whitehall must start paying civil servants for all the overtime
- 2022 Wendy Jones Award winner: Grace Oduja
- 50 years on from the Equal Pay Act: Breaking the pay stigma
- “Across the public sector, people get out of bed in the morning to make the world a better place.”
- ADC 2017: Britain needs a strong civil service
- ADC 2021: Stronger than ever
- Agenda for International Development
- Dame Alix Kilroy: FDA's first woman Chair
- All in the mind
- Westminster bullying and harassment scandal: One year on
- Annual Conference 2022: Penman calls on Prime Minister to stop the culture war
- Annual Conference 2023: Penman says "enough is enough" and repeats call for members to vote for strike action
- Annual Report 2023
- “A seismic change in culture at the heart of power in Westminster”
- A significant step forward
- "A truly national institution"
- "A victory for all our members who voted for industrial action”: the FDA’s breakthrough on Fast Stream pay
- Baby Loss Awareness Week: New guidance adopted in IPO
- BAME into Leadership: "Get to know 'the game' and its rules"
- BAME representation at the top: how do we get there?
- ‘Being in a union is fun’
- “Be prepared to do things differently”
- The sharp end of delivery: Interview with Bernadette Kelly
- Better data for a better Brexit
- Bisexual visibility: bringing your whole self to work
- Breaking Point
- Breaking the glass ceiling – and the glass floor
- “Broken, divisive and demotivating”
- Carers in the civil service: Understanding how best to support you
- Helping carers balance responsibilities and careers
- Carillion: After the fall
- Barry Snelgrove: The FDA, LGBT+ rights, and me
- Philip Rutnam: Championing disability inclusion
- Civil servants deserve an independent complaints process
- Civil servants won’t settle for being stuck at the back of the queue
- Temporary appointments: Your need-to-know
- Civil service pay in 2020
- Civil service pensions update
- Claire Wiggins: Helping women through prison and probation
- Shifting focus: The FDA speaks with Clare Moriarty
- Clare Moriarty: Redefining success
- "Collaboration is the name of the game"
- Coronavirus: Information on school provision for children of key workers
- Tackling stress in the CPS: The FDA talks to Helen Wheatley
- Cutting 91,000 jobs is not a serious plan to reform the civil service
- Cycles of challenges
- Standing up for civil servants
- Dave Penman on antisemitism and the civil service
- Picking up the pieces
- Dave Penman reflects on 10 years as General Secretary
- Direct defence: Kay Hender speaks with Jon Thompson
- Disability Survey: 83% feel they've faced barriers at work
- Domestic violence: support and guidance
- Dydd Gŵyl Dewi: a phwysigrwydd diwylliant Cymru
- Dydd Gwyl Dewi: St David’s Day and the importance of Welsh culture
- Belief in Justice: Emma Knox's story
- Engaging and motivating: FDA member development programme
- Enough is enough: reports from the key speeches at this year’s Annual Delegate Conference
- Equal Value, Equal Worth: Fiona Eadie reflects on the historic COPFS pay deal
- “Everybody has leadership potential”
- “Every day I see the difference we make for millions of people across the country”
- Expanding our learning services
- Fair, flexible and forward-looking
- Fast Stream pay settlement: What it means for you
- Fast Streamers: Know your rights
- FDA and Institute for Government debate restoring trust in politics
- FDA and Institute for Government examine the systems of standards in public life
- FDA Annual Report 2021
- FDA Annual Report 2022
- FDA Cymru: ffocws a gweithgarwch newydd
- On your case: Securing the proper pension
- FDA Learn: evolving to reach thousands of members in lockdown
- Ian Buist's campaign to abolish the ban on gay and lesbian diplomats
- LGBT History Month: Ian Buist's campaign to abolish the ban on LGBT diplomats
- FDA Lunchtime Lecture: Rebecca Lawrence
- On your case: Securing reasonable adjustments
- FDA members rise to the Covid-19 challenge
- FDA negotiations around the Civil Service Compensation Scheme
- Bullying and harassment in Parliament: the FDA response
- FDA polling highlights benefits of flexible working
- FDA Wales: renewed focus and activity
- Features
- “Fix the system, not the people who don’t fit”
- Mental Health Awareness Week: Flexible working and managing your mental health
- Why we need Flex for All: Ben's story
- Gareth Hills: Let's shout louder about the civil service’s achievements and challenges
- Gisela Stuart: "We should all speak up when integrity and professionalism are being undermined"
- Giving back: 2023 Wendy Jones Equality Award and Impact Award winners
- Going in with our eyes open: Matt Ross speaks with Stephen Lovegrove
- Green shoots
- Greig Walker: Tackling violence against women and girls
- Guiding principles
- Hair shirt public service
- Why I HeartUnions
- Helping carers balance responsibilities and careers
- How flexible working can help with managin your mental health
- How the FDA fundamentally restructured Fast Stream pay
- Huw Meredith wins 2022 Impact Award
- "I am listening": Interview with Thea Walton
- Influencing the debate: Dave Penman reflects on conference season
- Internship at the FDA
- Jim Harra: “I’m in awe, frankly, of what my colleagues and our suppliers have achieved”
- Unvarnished, honest analysis: interview with Sir Simon McDonald
- Introducing FDA Wales/Cymru
- Introducing the FDA’s new intern: Dev Bahra
- Is hybrid working?
- It's time to end harassment of LGBT+ civil servants
- 'I wanted to be in charge': The FDA's women leaders
- Jill Rutter: Will civil service impartiality be a casualty of Brexit?
- Join your union and have your say on pay
- Kris Barnfield: Championing openess about disability in the MoJ
- Launch of "is hybrid working?", an FDA report
- Legal challenge on breach of Ministerial Code
- Leslie Evans: What kind of leadership do we need today?
- LGBT History Month: celebrating the work of FDA members
- LGBT History Month: Looking to the future
- Location, relocation and dislocation
- Looking after your mental health: five useful resources
- Lord Heseltine: The privilege of working with the civil service
- “Mae gan bawb botensial arweinyddiaeth”
- Making a difference in the here and now
- Mark Holmes: Making employment more open for women
- Maths, Mum and Dad: Matt Ross talks to Jonathan Slater
- Meet the FDA’s new intern
- Meet the President
- Meet the President: Vicky Johnson
- Member focus: “I didn't want anyone else to go through this”
- Michelle Wyer: Advancing women in the workplace
- Union advocate: The FDA talks to Mike Jones QC
- Ministerial conduct: my letter to the Prime Minister
- “Ministers must come armed with proposals”
- “My colleagues and fellow FDA members are working flat out trying to deliver justice”
- “My FDA colleagues have been a great source of advice, support, sympathy and laughs”
- Name changer: Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
- Marching to a new BEATS
- Nicola Sturgeon: Why an impartial civil service is a strength for MSPs
- Nominations open for FDA Impact Award 2021
- On your case: Challenging a dismissal
- On your case: Returning to work after a major accident
- Our breakthrough on pay - and why the whole civil service pay system must be rebuilt
- Pay Remit Guidance: Ministers have “their fingers in their ears” over cost of living crisis
- Pensions update: Government announces consultation response
- Unchartered territory: Matt Ross speaks with Philip Rycroft
- Playing the long game
- Practical Policy: Interview with Shavanah Taj
- Taking Pride: FDA members on their union’s fight for LGBT+ equality
- On your case: Recovering from stress-induced ill health
- Resource requirements to successfully deliver Brexit
- Response to the Coronavirus public health emergency
- Returning to workplaces
- Revoking the £95k cap on public sector exit payments
- Richard Heaton
- “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re less likely to get your voice heard”
- Sisters standing strong: Reflections on TUC Women's Conference 2020
- Skills, thrills and Brexit headaches: Matt Ross meets Rupert McNeil
- Spotting opportunities and building resilience
- Strategic thinking on the comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS
- Resource requirements
- Success in the House of Commons
- We’re not immune from prejudice – yet
- Taking time for yourself
- The equalisers
- The future world of work
- "The last six weeks have really highlighted the diversity of the FDA's work"
- The opportunity to see beyond what you are
- The real value of public service
- There is no “cherry-picking” of cases in the CPS
- There to be challenged
- The Senedd needs a fully independent policy for dealing with bullying and harassment
- The show must go on
- Think like a service user, act like a taxpayer
- Breaking stereotypes and aiding recovery: Why it's time to talk about mental health
- Trade union membership and the economy
- Treasury Public Sector Pension Consultation FAQs
- Unions and networks
- ‘United, joyful and full to the brim with Pride’
- Why unions need to lead the way on equal pay
- “We have no choice but to consider a ballot for national strike action”
- What is the value of brilliance?
- Whitehall needs critical friends, not silent partners
- Whitehall's stress test
- Why so many new members are joining the FDA
- Why the FDA is launching a strike ballot on pay
- Why we've launched a judicial review of the Home Secretary's breach of the Ministerial Code
- "Fix the system, not the people who don’t fit"
- With politicians unwilling to govern, the NICS is left in an invidious position
- Women into Leadership 2016
- Women into Leadership: 500 women turning up to learn and to support each other
- Workplace bullying: share your experience
- World AIDS Day: How FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove and his MoJ colleagues raised £2,400
- World Autism Awareness Week: Breaking down barriers for autistic young people
- Young Workers Month: Achieving things here and now
- Vishal Wilde: Young workers need unions
- ‘You're still more likely to see a man in an SCS role’
- Members vote to accept 13% pay deal for HMRC members
- 2% pay cap for civil servants is “unforgivable”, says Penman
- £6.5m funding package "a fresh start for culture in Wales"
- Abbott’s bullying comments demonstrate “blind political partisanship”, says Penman
- ADC 2019: Stop attacking civil servants
- Standard Committee Response: MPs may "kick Dame Laura's recommendations into the long grass"
- Announcement on risk-based exclusion in Parliament a "significant victory", says FDA
- Annual Delegate Conference 2018: Civil service values are not for sale
- Selection on merit
- ARC Conference 2017
- ARC: Don't blame HMRC civil servants for no-deal preparations stumbling block
- ARC: Taxation laws must be fixed, for the good of the country
- “A retrograde and unnecessary step”: FDA criticises new SCS performance management guidance
- “A slap in the face” for civil servants: FDA responds to publication of Pay Remit Guidance
- Attacks on Scottish civil servants “having a corrosive effect on public trust”
- BAME into Leadership 2018: What is your story?
- Barry Snelgrove named 2019 Wendy Jones Award winner
- Black History Month: In conversation with David Lammy
- FDA to PM: Don't waste time and money on reform for reform's sake
- British public asks Boris Johnson to answer Manifesto for Justice's demands
- Braverman’s reappointment highlights double standards over national security says Penman
- Braverman’s statement “clear breach of Ministerial Code”, says FDA
- Temporary departmental move? Check your payroll
- Brexit Minister forced to apologise for undermining civil service
- FDA: The British Foreign Policy Group is right – diplomacy can't be done on a shoestring
- Budget fails to back public servants over Brexit challenge, says FDA
- Building work begins on new FDA head office
- Celebrating #HeartUnions Week with the FDA
- Celebrating Living Wage Week
- Celebrating our centenary in Northern Ireland
- Celebrating our centenary in Scotland
- Celebrating the suffrage centenary
- Chancellor helps make case for a well-funded, well-staffed HMRC
- Chancellor’s announcement on civil service recruitment “straight out of the Rees-Mogg playbook”, says FDA
- Changes to Senedd complaints time limits must not be used to "wipe the slate clean"
- “Charging decisions for serious crimes must remain with the CPS”, says FDA
- FDA to SNP: One civil service can serve two governments
- Civil service to track careers of “under-represented” staff
- Compensation Scheme changes “a backwards step”
- FDA to Conservatives: Attacks on civil service undermine your ability to govern
- Conservative Party Conference 2023: FDA’s Amy Leversidge reflects on recent “extraordinary” attacks on civil service impartiality
- Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply ‘a flash in the pan’, FDA urges Scottish Government
- COPFS members call on Finance Minister to fund pay rise
- COPFS members overwhelmingly back industrial action in indicative ballot
- FDA: Pay gap between COPFS and Scottish Government must close
- Coronavirus: urgent risk assessments needed to ensure safety of courts
- FDA wins up to 8% pay increases for CPS members
- CPS launches the FDA's ground-breaking stress policy
- £85M to the CPS is a good start, but it should not be treated as an end
- CPS pay: FDA calls for meeting with Attorney General
- FDA member named one of the most influential LGBT+ people in Wales
- Cummings’s language “demonstrates the toxic culture at the heart of the government”
- The FDA calls for urgent action on the Dame Laura Cox report
- "Until Parliament acts, the House of Commons will continue to be as fragile as a House of Cards": the FDA backs Dame Laura Cox report recommendations
- Penman warns “self-styled disruptor” Cummings of “the realities of running government”
- FDA to Liberal Democrats: You have a "duty" to stand up for civil service
- Penman: Francois "seeks to undermine impartial civil service"
- Penman: The Government must publish details of no-deal Brexit
- David Chrimes: Fighting for disability rights in the
- DFID staff need clarity on FCO merger plans
- Disability History Month: Take part in our survey
- HeartUnions Week: ending harassment in the House of Commons
- Dunlop Review welcome but “misses a crucial opportunity to recommend a fully independent process”
- DWP Branch AGM celebrates 100 years of the FDA
- “Dysfunctional” culture in No. 10 risks “damaging” civil service
- Equal Pay Day 2018: The civil service is falling short
- Ethnic Minorities into Leadership comes to London
- Ethnic Minorities into Leadership: “Diversity is not a buzzword, it’s a necessity”
- Fast Streamers hear from New Statesman’s Stephen Bush and IfG’s Catherine Haddon at exclusive FDA event
- Fast Streamers prepare for industrial action
- Inside the Foreign Office: Attend our Fast Stream networking event
- 84% of fast streamers "unhappy with current level of pay"
- Fast Streamers: What to do about postings uncertainty
- House Commission must “stop dragging their feet” on sexual harassment policy
- FDA achieves major breakthrough on Fast Stream pay
- FDA and Prospect call for exceptional single pay settlement for civil servants
- FDA announces claim for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing against the Home Secretary
- FDA at Labour Party conference: Can a Labour government deliver constitutional reform?
- FDA at TUC Congress 2021
- FDA at TUC Congress 2022
- FDA at TUC Congress 2023
- FDA calls for “comprehensive” pay reform at NCA “to build a workforce for the future”
- FDA calls for Education Secretary to retract “irresponsible and dangerous” comments
- FDA calls for fair pay system at NCA
- FDA calls for further government support for museums, as V&A announces revised restructure plans
- FDA calls for independent inquiry in to ministerial bullying in wake of Raab investigation
- FDA calls for investigation into ministerial bullying
- FDA calls for MPs to be excluded from Parliamentary estate if arrested for violent or sexual offences
- FDA calls for new pregnancy loss policy
- FDA calls for party leaders to commit to action on precautionary exclusion at Westminster
- FDA calls for pay reform at NCA
- FDA calls for reform of a pay system “broken beyond repair”
- FDA calls for SCS pay reform in evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body
- FDA calls for Secretary of State to provide Ministerial Direction to NICS
- Ofsted suspends site visits following pressure from the FDA
- FDA calls on Prime Minister to give Independent Adviser power to make recommendations over Raab bullying findings
- FDA calls on Senedd to implement “fully independent process for dealing with complaints of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment”
- The FDA wins overtime for Government Legal Department
- FDA celebrates “historic moment” for House of Commons as MPs vote for independent bullying and harassment process
- FDA celebrates Land Registry pay settlement
- 100 years supporting and defending members
- FDA 100: Share your story with us
- FDA challenges Gove for peddling working hours “myths”
- FDA to PM: Don’t make our civil servants break the law or their code
- FDA condemns Salmond’s “continual targeting” of Leslie Evans
- FDA condemns “cowardly” briefings against Sir Mark Sedwill
- FDA condemns “vicious and orchestrated” personal attacks on Parliamentary Standards Commissioner
- FDA consults COPFS members on possible strike action
- FDA criticises denial of “natural justice” in Boardman Inquiry
- FDA criticises "double standards" of Salmond inquiry committee
- FDA criticises Dowden’s “frankly insulting” comments on return to offices
- FDA criticises government’s “absolutely illogical” decision on unconscious bias training
- FDA slams Alex Salmond’s “nasty, vindictive and deliberate” attacks on Scottish Government Permanent Secretary
- FDA Cymru|Wales: Pay offer for Welsh civil servants “doubly disappointing”
- FDA Cymru: Yn cefnogi amgueddfeydd a llyfrgelloedd Cymru
- FDA defends civil servants against Letwin attack
- FDA defends civil servants from attacks from across the political spectrum
- FDA celebrates DExEU pay rises of up to 11%
- FDA Fast Stream members vote to strike
- Fast Streamers: Sign our petition for fair pay
- FDA General Secretary Election 2021
- FDA General Secretary tells MPs political leadership must show more consistency in enforcing standards
- FDA joins call for immediate Covid safety review of courts
- FDA launches legal action over cap on exit payments
- FDA Learn builds new offer for members during coronavirus crisis
- FDA Learn launches new 'switch off sessions'
- FDA marches to commemorate 40th anniversary of GCHQ union ban
- FDA members accept final Government offer
- FDA members reject Ministry of Justice pay offer
- FDA pauses industrial action ballot following breakthrough in industrial dispute
- FDA President joins Guardian public leaders board
- Our letter to party leaders
- FDA rejects Defra's "bargain basement" pay offer
- FDA renews call for independent process for handling Scottish Government harassment complaints
- FDA Rep receives STUC lifelong learning award
- FDA responds to Declaration on Government Reform
- FDA responds to reports that House of Commons culture still 'predatory'
- FDA response to the public sector pay ‘pause’
- FDA: The SCS pay award isn't thrift. It's Government own-goaling
- FDA secures new pay deal for civil servants
- FDA slams “cowardly” attacks on civil servants
- FDA to NCA: Address pay or risk staffing crisis
- FDA successfully challenges BEIS over staff data request
- FDA teams up with cross-Government race networks to invest in BME leaders
- FDA tells MPs: Little progress made in creating SCS opportunities outside London
- FDA tells Scottish Parliament that prosecution service faces ‘reliance on goodwill’
- FDA to build on improved pay offer by campaigning for reform of “broken” pay system
- FDA to consider strike action in response to contemptuous announcement on civil service pay
- FDA to MPs: Don’t “expect the impossible” on Brexit
- FDA to name and shame MPs who refuse to wear face coverings
- “Executed with flair and style”: FDA wins two TUC Communication Awards
- TUC backs the FDA’s call for flexible working
- FDA unlocks bonus pay for Senior Civil Servants
- FDA Wales calls for parties to commit to sustainable funding for Welsh cultural institutions
- FDA Wales: Supporting Welsh museums and libraries
- FDA warns Scottish Government pay policy could create barriers to recruitment
- FDA welcomes new apprentice economists
- FDA welcomes Committee on Standards in Public Life recommendations for Ministerial Code reform
- FDA welcomes COPFS pay offer following campaign for pay parity
- FDA welcomes decision to grant a full hearing for Ministerial Code judicial review
- FDA welcomes decision to uphold 21 complaints of bullying and harassment against John Bercow
- FDA welcomes important, if overdue, House of Commons Commission decision
- FDA welcomes proposals on risk-based exclusion of MPs from Parliament
- FDA welcomes Scottish Government commitment to independent complaints process
- FDA welcomes Scottish Parliament inquiry recommendation of an independent complaints process
- FDA welcomes the National Audit Office report on Ofsted
- 'All we are asking is for the judiciary to follow government guidance'- FDA writes to the Lord Chief Justice
- Fight for fair pay continues after Budget let down
- Frances O’Grady formally opens Centenary House
- Gender pay gap data "no early Christmas gift"
- Gender pay gap shows women are among those bearing the brunt of a broken civil service pay system, says FDA
- Government’s approach to pay an insult to members
- Government misses ‘yet another opportunity to help close the tax gap’, says HMRC union
- Government must distance itself from “insulting and cowardly” comments on home working
- Government must do “whatever is needed” to safeguard museums and galleries
- Government must stop wasting time over the restoration and renewal of Parliament, says FDA
- Government risks a shootout on civil service pay: Penman in CSW
- Government should commit to pay settled status fee for EU civil servants
- Government’s investigation into Sue Gray “an inquiry with no rules or precedent”, says FDA
- Government's response to SSRB "treats civil service leaders with contempt"
- Growth plan highlights “the huge importance” of the work of HMRC
- Hilary Benn and Matt Chorley to speak at ADC 2019
- HMRC Chief People Officer discusses future world of work with ARC members
- HMRC investment is a “missed opportunity to make a more significant difference”
- ARC to HMRC: Work with us to resolve pay "crisis"
- House of Commons bullying and harassment: FDA's response
- FDA: HoC was right to extend the bullying and harassment enquiry. But there is more to be done
- House of Commons bullying: Penman tells Newsnight ‘MPs cannot be trusted to be arbiters of their own conduct’
- FDA helps improve House of Commons staff's workplace
- House of Commons returning to full capacity “downright reckless”
- "Hyperbole has replaced debate or analysis" - Penman on the Salmond inquiry
- Institute for Government: Is Whitehall's workforce model broken?
- If the Government wants a world class service it must offer world class resourcing
- “Ill-informed” civil service attacks must stop, says FDA
- Impartiality under threat – personal perspectives from Lord O’Donnell
- #MeToo, menopause and flexible working: future topics for the FDA Women's Network
- Have a day job helping women and girls? Talk to the FDA
- Jeremy Heywood: "The pre-eminent public servant of his age"
- Job Advert: Assistant General Secretary
- Job advert: FDA Communications Assistant
- Job advert: FDA Communications Assistant
- Job advert: FDA Communications Officer
- Job Advert: FDA Internship 2023
- Job Advert: FDA National Officer
- Job Advert: FDA National Officer
- Job advert: FDA National Officer (Wales)
- Job Advert: FDA Summer Internship
- Job Advert: FDA Head of Organising and Learning
- Job advert: MiP Organiser
- Job Advert: National Officer (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) - Part-time
- Job Advert: National Officer for Cymru/Wales
- Judgement handed down in FDA's judicial review
- Jules Goodlet-Rowley wins 2020 Wendy Jones Award
- Julia Gillard: An FDA centenary lecture
- July pensions update
- June pensions update
- Justice cannot be reliant on goodwill, says FDA
- Justice Week 2018: Calls for increased funding to maintain public faith in the justice system
- FDA to Labour: It's not enough to be silent. The civil service needs defending
- Latest news
- Legal action on civil service pay
- Legal challenge over COVID-19 appointments
- Lessons must be learnt after Salmond trial, says Penman
- Leversidge in the House: Parliament must act now on bullying and harassment
- Invitiation: Join our 15 May LGBT+ Network meeting
- Invitation: Take part in our LGBT Working Group meeting
- FDA calls on Cabinet Office for greater pension flexibility
- Mae angen proses newydd ac annibynnol ar y Senedd ar gyfer cwynion yn erbyn aelodau
- Manifesto for Justice gains TUC support
- FDA, Bar Council and Law Society launch Manifesto for Justice
- March and rally to mark 40th anniversary of trade union ban at GCHQ: Cheltenham Saturday 27 January
- Maude “undermining legacy” with Whitehall attacks
- Melanie Dawes set to speak at FDA annual conference
- Mercedes learns how to use the website
- Ministerial Code “not fit for purpose”, Penman tells Standards Committee
- “Ministers decide the shape and remit of the civil service”
- Ministers fail to recognise that the world of work has changed, says FDA
- Ministers have an obligation to protect the political impartiality of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, says FDA
- Ministers must not scapegoat civil servants over Greensill scandal
- MoJ staff: How the grading review affects you
- Job advert: MiP Head of Operations
- More than 5,600 sign FDA’s fair pay petition
- 'More than a lick of paint' needed to clear backlog of 40,000 court cases
- "MPs should be able take pride in their Code of Conduct" – FDA gives evidence to Standards Committee
- MPs to probe Whitehall’s Brexit capability
- Museums and galleries agree to pay full salary to furloughed staff
- New guidance is asking “civil servants to break the law”, says FDA
- C2 Test
- Next Prime Minister must “restore trust in the integrity of government”
- NHS managers plan more active and engaged union
- Ni ddylid defnyddio newidiadau i derfynau amser cwynion y Senedd i “ddechrau â llechen lân”
- “No rationale” for ordering civil servants back to office
- Northern Ireland ministers must not “put partisan interests ahead of effective government”
- FDA: New NI public sector pay policy provides barrier to meaningful pay increases
- Civil service pensions update
- Outcome of the Ministerial Code investigation into the Home Secretary
- Patel investigation: Penman writes to PM over delays
- Patel’s allies “peddling myths” on civil service pay, says FDA
- Pay 2018: A message from the General Secretary
- Pay 2018: Joint statement from the FDA, PCS and Prospect
- Pay 2018: Why we have issued legal proceedings
- Pay talks delayed as FDA calls for major review of SCS pay
- Penman accuses government of ‘scapegoating civil servants’ after Jonathan Slater stands down from DfE
- Penman calls for PACAC inquiry into role of SpAds
- Penman calls on government to resolve conflict between civil servants' legal obligations and ministerial instructions
- A century of fighting for civil servants: Penman in CSW
- Penman condemns “reckless and destructive” attacks on Leslie Evans
- Penman for Huff Post: Ministers must hear the advice they need, not just the advice they want
- Penman in CSW: Civil service chiefs’ morning of herding the Alpacas
- Penman in HuffPost: A year on from Dame Laura Cox's report
- Penman: It’s time scrutiny of ministerial conduct was dragged into the 21st century
- Penman praises outgoing Treasury Solicitor for ‘representing the very best’ of the civil service
- Penman raises concerns over Brexit delivery resourcing
- Penman slams “ignorant and nasty” Mail piece on ‘workshy Whitehall’
- Penman slams Truss’s “dog-whistle” tactics to hide human impact of cap on public sector exit payments
- Penman tells Commons Standards Committee: "ship has sailed" on MPs self-regulation
- Penman warns government comms reforms ‘clearly about control’
- People Survey data sometimes “collected for the sake of collecting”, FDA tells PACAC
- Petition for Justice: “Access to justice is a fundamental right and it must be protected” says FDA
- Plans to merge Government departments “kindergarten economics”
- Plan to appoint business leaders as ambassadors “risks undermining the UK’s influence”
- Poots ignored the Ministerial Code, jeopardising the impartiality and integrity of the NICS, says Penman
- Prime Minister’s aides “don’t fully understand” the modern civil service
- Procurator Fiscal Society signs Dying to Work Charter
- “Progress has been made but there is significant work still to be done”– FDA responds to racial disparities report
- Penman in CSW: PM must not sacrifice civil service integrity
- FDA opposes Treasury halting public sector pension scheme valuations
- ‘Public sector pay awards not inflationary and reward package is not competitive’, says independent analysis
- Public sector pay reform “absolutely necessary”, Littlewood tells Lords committee
- The public trusts civil servants in testing times: Penman in CSW
- Recommendations on Senior Civil Service pay “fair and reasonable”
- “Recycled failed policies”: Truss’s ‘war on Whitehall’ is nothing new
- Responding to the FDA, Gove knocks down “unhelpful” commentary on home working
- We can’t allow justice to become devalued
- Return to hybrid Parliament ‘the common sense thing to do’
- Reversals on job cuts and Fast Stream welcomed but concerns remain
- Review body calls for a “full overhaul” of SCS pay
- Scholar departure “an ideological purge” says FDA
- FDA/Scottish Government deal raises members' pay and protects jobs
- Unions and Scottish Government cosign Fair Work agreement
- SCS pay systems creak at seams while Government works at a snail’s pace, says FDA
- Senior Salaries Review Body: “There is more to be done”
- Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry speaks at FDA Lawyers' Network event
- Shola Akinyamoju wins 2021 Wendy Jones Award
- Sir Philip Rutnam: Statement on employment tribunal claim
- The Smith Institute launches report on civil service impartiality
- "Solitude to Solidarity": Littlewood on the Manifesto for Justice
- Sue Gray made “right decision” to delay report
- Suella Braverman ‘should have known better’
- Sunak’s proposals show “he doesn’t understand the basics of how the civil service operates”
- Survey flags “real concern” over workplace harassment and bullying
- Surveys flag concern over pay and workloads
- Suspending open and fair competition for Brexit is ‘a worrying development', says FDA
- Closing Friday: Last chance to take part in our Working Hours Survey
- The FDA joins legal challenge against government’s new regulations on use of agency workers during strikes
- The FDA’s joint legal challenge given green light
- “There are obvious consequences to ministers failing to implement urgently needed change” – FDA responds to SSRB report
- The Senedd needs a new, independent process for complaints against members
- The state of pay in the civil service
- “This sort of behaviour destroys lives” - in any other employment context Dominic Raab would be suspended says FDA
- Tribunal fees scrapped in landmark court ruling
- TUC Congress backs the FDA’s call to tackle harassment in the workplace
- TUC Congress 2023: FDA calls for “standards reset for everyone in public life”
- TUC Congress 2023: Unions overwhelmingly back FDA motion on pay review bodies
- TUC Congress: FDA raises issues of Brexit and wellbeing
- TUC Equality Conferences 2021: your chance to get involved
- Unions back FDA call for new civil service settlement
- Unions call for ‘commitment to collaborate’ on NIHP transition
- Unions call for full return to hybrid working in Parliament
- Unwillingness to address Vaz bullying at the time should 'weigh heavy' on Parliament, says FDA
- Up to 5,000 extra HMRC staff needed to cope with Brexit
- “Victory for basic fairness”: FDA helps defeat unlawful government regulations allowing use of agency workers during strikes
- Wales: Happy birthday, FDA
- Watch now: An FDA centenary lecture by Julia Gillard
- Welsh Government must act to ensure national treasures remain accessible to all, says FDA
- Welsh Government’s move to hybrid working “opens up opportunities”, says the FDA
- Westminster bullying probe must not duck past cases, says FDA
- Williamson allegations shows Sunak must appoint ethics adviser
- Women into Leadership London 2018: Wear your red shoelaces
- Women into Leadership: Investing in your own happiness
- Working Hours Survey: 97% want to continue working remotely
- Working Hours Survey reveals the “false economy” of unsustainable workloads
- Alex Salmond investigation: FDA response
- 'All we are asking is for the judiciary to follow government guidance'- FDA writes to the Lord Chief Justice
- Anonymous briefings against civil servants a sign of political cowardice, says FDA
- Article 50: Government must act now to prepare civil service for Brexit, says FDA
- A successful Brexit needs more than strong leadership - it needs a strong civil service, says FDA union
- Brexit Minister has failed to challenge "half-baked" civil service myths, says FDA
- Brexit minister's comments undermine government and insult civil servants, says FDA
- Budget fails to back public servants and seeks to deliver Brexit on the cheap, says FDA
- Chancellor “refusing to face up to reality” over civil service pay, says FDA
- Civil servants are used to impartiality - but referendum promises need proper resources, says FDA
- Civil servants being "badly let down" on pay, new figures show
- Civil Service Compensation Scheme plans "a major backwards step" - FDA union
- Civil service must have the tools for the job as Article 50 looms, says FDA
- Civil Service's new diversity plan is welcome - but there's more to do
- Civil service turnover: Without fundamental reform, Government “will only repeat mistakes of the past”
- Civil service unions jointly issue legal proceedings over pay
- Courts need urgent risk assessments to deal with coronavirus threat
- The FDA calls for a meaningful pay rise as Crown prosecutors face 20% real terms pay cut
- Culture sector rescue package highlights failure of current funding models
- Departure of Sir Mark Sedwill: FDA response
- DExEU civil servants “deserve every penny” of pay rise
- Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply a “flash in the pan”, FDA urges Justice Secretary
- Fawcett Society's Sexual Harassment in Parliament report: FDA response
- FDA and Prospect joint press release: Hybrid Parliament must continue
- FDA condemns “reckless” decision to return to physical Parliament
- FDA: Don't let Truss's dog-whistle tactics hide human impact of public sector exit pay cap
- Standards Committee response: FDA raises concerns MPs may "kick Dame Laura's recommendations into the long grass"
- National Portrait Gallery's three year closure: FDA response
- The FDA responds to ERG Vice Chairman Mark Francois's attack on civil servants
- FDA response to Boris Johnson's £85M CPS cash injection
- FDA response to new public sector pay policy for Northern Ireland
- FDA response to Sir Kim Darroch's resignation
- FDA secures pay rise for Welsh Government staff
- FDA: Senior Civil Service pay systems creak at the seams while Government works at a snail’s pace
- FDA tells ministers to put their money where their mouth is over public sector pay
- FDA urges Chancellor to act now on civil service pay or risk undermining vital public services
- FDA welcome House of Commons Commission's "important, if overdue" decision
- FDA welcomes Commons decision to allow investigation of historical bullying and harassment complaints - but more needs to be done
- FDA welcomes fresh call for a Spending Review - and says now is the time to tackle uncompetitive public sector pay
- FDA welcomes ‘historic moment for House of Commons’ as MPs put trust in independent process
- FDA welcomes “overdue” lifting of 1% pay cap in Scotland
- FDA welcomes “seismic change” for victims of harassment in Parliament
- Flexible working in the civil service can damage career progression, research reveals
- Civil service has a "long way to go" to close gender pay gap, says FDA union
- Government must revise spending plans to ensure the civil service is fully equipped to deliver a successful Brexit, says FDA
- Government must take “concrete action” to end public sector pay cap, says FDA union
- Government must urgently offer clarity on Brexit to ensure UK border security, says FDA
- FDA: It is absurd that Government secrecy should prevent civil servants doing their jobs
- Government wilfully ignores calls to reform civil service pay, says FDA
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service is failing to ensure safety, says FDA
- House of Commons must not water down recommendations of harassment inquiry, FDA warns
- House of Commons harassment inquiry: independent process needed for all, not just for complaints against Speaker, says FDA
- House of Commons harassment: Leadsom must pause introduction of “flawed” new policy, FDA warns
- House of Commons in need of radical reform to protect staff from bullying and harassment, says FDA
- House of Commons inquiry risks giving MPs accused of harassment ‘clean slate’, FDA warns
- In politically uncertain times, the UK relies on its permanent civil service to ensure stability, says FDA union
- FDA: The Institute for Government is right – if we're to provide public services, we need urgent tax reform
- Invest in the civil service to deliver successful Brexit and domestic reform, says FDA
- 'It will take more than a lick of paint to clear the backlog of 40,000 cases' says FDA
- Today’s Judiciary announcement stating Advocates expected in Court on Monday is ‘beyond astonishing and frankly disgraceful’, says FDA
- Lack of investment in civil servants preparing for Brexit “beggars belief”, says FDA
- Ministerial Code tinkering not enough to protect staff from harassment and bullying, FDA union says
- Ministers’ allies are peddling myths on Senior Civil Service pay, says FDA union
- Ministers cannot ignore growing calls to get real about civil service capacity, says FDA
- New harassment inquiry must not delay implementation of Dame Laura Cox’s recommendations, says FDA
- New Westminster bullying probe must not ignore past cases, says FDA union
- NICS sickness absence levels should be a wake up call, says FDA union
- Northern Ireland ministers “must ensure they do not put partisan interests ahead of effective government” says FDA
- Now is the time to change the Government’s approach to public sector pay, says FDA
- PACAC report adds to mounting evidence that Britain needs a strong civil service, says FDA union
- Parliament's restoration and renewal programme 'must not be derailed by political point scoring', says FDA
- Parties must not flunk first test on Westminster bullying claims, says FDA union
- Pay cap announcement will satisfy no one, says FDA union
- Press releases
- The FDA opposes Treasury stopping public sector pension scheme valuations
- Public will “bear the consequences” if cuts to prosecution service continue, FDA warns
- Report attacking DWP pay shows “blatant disregard for the facts”, says FDA union
- Response to DFID and FCO merger
- Response to Home Secretary bullying allegations
- Response to Sir Philip Rutnam's resignation
- Response to the RHI Inquiry
- Scottish Budget: New public sector pay policy could hit morale, FDA union warns
- Scottish Government doesn’t truly value the work of FDA members
- Selling pension provision on the cheap will not address civil service struggle to recruit and retain key staff, says FDA
- Senior Civil Service pay review will only succeed if ministers ditch 1% cap, says FDA
- Sonia Khan: Statement on employment tribunal claim
- Statement on Sir Philip Rutnam’s claim for unfair (constructive) dismissal
- Surrounding Ministers with yes men and women will not lead to the successful delivery of Brexit, says FDA
- Suspending open and fair competition in recruiting civil servants for Brexit is 'a worrying development', says FDA
- The House of Commons is once again letting down victims of harassment, says FDA
- Theresa May must take action against MPs peddling civil service conspiracy theories, says FDA
- Under-pressure HMRC staff need proper investment - Association of Revenue & Customs
- Unions call for exceptional single pay settlement for civil servants
- Welsh Government must revise funding to save our museums
- Withdraw civil service pay guidance or face legal action, FDA warns
- Depression, breakdowns and departments under pressure: the FDA finds the real impact of unsustainable workloads in the civil service
Last Modified : 08/10/2018