FDA in the news

FDA National Officer Steven Littlewood explained that the Crown Prosecution Service will need more than £85 million if Prime Minister Boris Johnson wishes to see a steep increase of prosecutions to with the increase of police officers.

FDA Assistant General Secretary Lucille Thirlby explained that while doctors will be granted greater freedom with pension tax contributions, senior civil servants and NHS managers have been left behind.

ARC National Officer Jawad Raza responds to new Chancellor Sajid Javid's letter calling on HMRC Chief Executive Sir Jon Thompson to make no-deal planning his department's "absolute top priority".

The General Secretary noted that "there’s a huge difference between bringing in new ideas or radical agendas and implementing untested ideologies which, if they go wrong, will impact upon the delivery of public services to millions of citizens."

The General Secretaries of the FDA and Prospect are to send a joint letter to the leaders of the UK's main political parties calling on them to defend civil servants' "impartiality and integrity".

Assistant General Secretary Lucille Thirlby explained the inadequacy of the Government's proposed public sector pay rise for senior civil servants to BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

"Three independent reports have painted a picture of routine bullying and harassment, making similar recommendations. There is no more evidence to gather. Now it is time for action," writes General Secretary Dave Penman in his Times Red Box column.

General Secretary Dave Penman argued that "it is not only the UK’s reputation that has been damaged" by the leak of Sir Kim's communiqués and Boris Johnson's refusal to support the former ambassador, but also "our ability to govern effectively" in his Huffington Post blog.

Speaking to Sky News, General Secretary Dave Penman connects attacks on Sir Kim Darroch to attacks made against over civil servants, and admonishes the Prime Minister and other minister for their failure to defend them.

General Secretary Dave Penman tells BBC Newsnight's Mark Urban what Sir Kim Darroch's resignation means for the civil service.