The FDA responds to newly published civil service gender pay gap departmental reports for 2023

The FDA’s new report, ‘The state of pay in the civil service’, paints a stark picture, with unambiguous testimony from civil servants detailing widespread dissatisfaction with the pay system, which is having a devasting impact on morale.

Scott Dobson reports on the FDA's historic win on Fast Stream pay.

Members in the FDA’s Fast Stream Section vote to accept a pay offer worth up to 22.5%.

The FDA has written jointly with Prospect to the Minister for the Cabinet Office Jeremy Quin to push for reform of the civil service pay system.

Following the publication in April of the government’s Pay Remit Guidance for 2023/24, the FDA announced plans for a ballot on national industrial action on pay for the first time in 40 years.

The FDA has today welcomed the recommendations made by the Senior Salaries Review Body, and the government’s decision to accept those recommendations in full.

Following the FDA’s success in the getting the government improve the 2023/24 pay offer, the union now looks ahead to bring around strategic change.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office has today presented a new package intended to recognise the contribution made by civil servants and the pressures felt during 2022/23.

The FDA’s Executive Committee has today agreed to suspend the union’s ballot on industrial action over pay, which was due to start on Tuesday 30 May, following a formal invitation from government to enter talks.

General Secretary sets out why the FDA is launching a national strike ballot

General Secretary Dave Penman reacts to the government publishing the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance, with a headline figure of a 4.5% increase with no non-consolidated award

The FDA’s Executive Committee will meet on Wednesday 19 April 2023 to consider a national ballot for industrial action in the civil service.

The FDA has submitted an independent analysis of the government’s published economic evidence to the Pay Review Bodies

FDA Fast Stream reps Simon and Natasha on the campaign for better pay, and why there has never has been a better time to join the FDA.

The FDA rebuffed Truss’s recycled policies and help force her U-turn

FDA General Secretary Dave Penman on the stark message for civil servants from this year’s pay remit guidance.

Following the publication of the 2022/23 Pay Remit Guidance, FDA General Secretary Dave Penman accuses the government of abandoning its own workforce and ignoring the cost of living crisis.

The FDA has published its evidence to the National Crime Agency's Pay Review Body.

National Officer Steven Littlewood reflects on the historic Fast Stream pay settlement and how none of it would have been possible without the “show of determination” from Fast Stream members.