FDA National Officer for Scotland Allan Sampson has called on ministers in the Scottish Government to defend their civil servants, after they faced accusations of bias following evidence given to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry.

General Secretary Dave Penman has defended the Permanent Secretary to the Scottish government against what he describes as a “media campaign, egged on by rent-a-quote politicians, which is aimed at hounding Ms Evans out of her role”.

The FDA General Secretary has condemned the government for throwing civil service leaders “under a bus without a moment’s hesitation”, following the announcement that Jonathan Slater would be standing down as DfE Permanent Secretary.

Following the announcement of Sir Mark Sedwill’s departure, FDA General Secretary Dave Penman has labelled the repeated anonymous briefings against the Cabinet Secretary as a “self-defeating and corrosive tactic”.

The General Secretaries of the FDA and Prospect have written to party leaders, asking them to pledge their support for civil service values.

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".

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

As well as being quoted on the cover of the Times and writing an opinion piece for Red Box this week, General Secretary Dave Penman has also appeared on Talk Radio defending civil servants.

FDA members at this year’s Annual Delegate Conference (ADC) sent a clear message to those who seek to undermine the civil service for their own political agenda: stop attacking civil servants.

FDA General Secretary Dave Penman has written to the leaders of political parties to ask them to end the "relentless attacks on the impartiality and integrity of the civil service."

Gavin Williamson's remarks that he was sacked as Defence Secretary because of a "vendetta" of Sir Mark Sedwill were roundly rebuked by FDA General Secretary Dave Penman.

The FDA General Secretary rebuffs political attacks on civil servants.