MPs have voted to establish a new independent process to deal with complaints of bullying and harassment – the culmination of years of campaigning from the FDA and others for change in Westminster.

National Officer Allan Sampson has raised concerns that plans to merge the department into the FCO “has created huge uncertainty and unease for DFID staff”.

FDA General Secretary Dave Penman, along with his Prospect counterpart Mike Clancy, has called on the government to agree a simple, fair pay settlement for all civil servants in 2020, as the civil service continues to respond to the public health emergency.

Rebecca Lawrence, Chief Executive of the Crown Prosecution Service, has delivered the FDA’s first virtual ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ for members in our Fast Stream section.