Dave Penman updates members on the result of our application for Judicial Review of the civil service pay guidance consultation and the "shambles" of this year’s pay round.

With the pay cap finally being lifted, the FDA will be pressing ministers to ensure civil servants don’t get left behind, says General Secretary Dave Penman.

Responding to the publication of the government’s evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), FDA Assistant General Secretary Naomi Cooke said: “While the government is adept at listing the many problems that exist in the current Senior Civil Service (SCS) pay structures...

Ministers must wake up and recognise the “crisis of resourcing” facing Britain’s civil service, the FDA has warned, as unions representing workers right across the UK backed two FDA motions at TUC Congress 2017 in Brighton.

The FDA has accused allies of International Development Secretary Priti Patel of “peddling myths” on civil service pay after a report in the Daily Telegraph claimed she believed salaries were “too high” and needed to be “restrained”.