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- SNP MPs donate to Alex Salmond's legal fund over harassment claims
- Union boss says 'nasty, vindictive' Alex Salmond undermining civil service
- Critiquing the new Independent Complaints and Grievance Procedure
- Amy Leversidge: Parliament must act now on bullying and harassment
- By overturning the suspension of Anthony Lester, the Lords has discouraged staff from speaking out
- Dave Penman responds to Alex Salmond report
- Nicola Sturgeon says Salmond inquiry 'must be fair to all'
- Bercow under pressure as Commons authorities consider bullying report response
- ‘Blind prejudice’: FDA boss attacks MPs critical of civil service bonuses
- Penman: When it comes to SpAds, the buck stops with Johnson
- Cabinet Office ‘undermining’ Fast Stream with low pay
- Civil service is near breaking point, union warns
- Dave Penman: MPs are benefitting from their pay review body, why aren’t civil servants?
- Proper investment in civil service pay needed to recruit new staff
- Civil service unions back Scottish Government perm sec’s handling of Salmond allegations
- ‘Swearing and mocking colleagues seemed unremarkable’: HMRC workplace abuse revealed
- Government wants SCS pay award to address recruitment problems
- Fury as Treasury pauses Civil Service Pension Scheme valuation
- Penman: "Disruptor in chief" Truss more interested in disrupting than actual outcome
- UK wants to hire business leaders as ambassadors
- Commons bullying report accepted by commission
- Scottish ministers do not properly value work of prosecutors, union claims
- FDA: More prosecutions requires even more resources for CPS
- Dave Penman: The public trusts civil servants in testing times
- Government Legal Department staffers get overtime pay boost
- Scottish Government sets out split pay plan for civil servants
- Civil servants reveal health problems caused by high workloads
- Botched handling of Alex Salmond probe 'will stop harassment victims speaking out'
- Ministers' failure to defend Sir Kim Darroch sends worrying message to civil servants
- Penman: In a batsh*t Brexit world, someone’s got to stand up for the civil service
- Dave Penman reviews civil service chiefs’ morning of herding the Alpacas
- Dave Penman: impartiality and integrity are under attack - conspiracy theorists take note
- Penman: Governments have nothing to fear from civil service but the truth
- Dave Penman of FDA asks if UK civil servants are prepared for Brexit
- Dave Penman of FDA called for the process of finalising the new code of conduct for MPs to be delayed while concerns were properly addressed.
- Dave Penman on the Windrush scandal
- Penman: Civil servants need protection like never before
- Penman: Don't punish civil servants' for Parliament's indecision
- Enough equivocation, reform parliamentary complaints process now
- David Lidington called on to champion civil service equal pay as SCS gender gap widens
- Britain's Foreign Aid office and the Department for Exiting the EU could be scrapped or merged to free up cash for front-line services
- Penman: No-deal Brexit will demand direct rule in Northern Ireland
- MPs and unions condemn death threats against HMRC chief
- FDA and CPS join forces to launch policy to tackle stress
- FDA General Secretary Dave Penman defends the impartiality of the civil service
- The FDA: Urgent action needed on Dame Laura Cox report
- FDA in the news
- FDA urges Theresa May to protect the UK civil service from accusations
- FDA and Prospect call on party leaders to end attacks on civil servants
- Gavin Williamson accusations against Sir Mark Sedwill "beggars belief", says FDA
- Sturgeon under fire for discussing harassment claims with Salmond
- Sturgeon under fire for discussing harassment claims with Salmond
- Penman: "Self-styled disruptor" Cummings will learn about the reality of government
- FDA defends decision to launch Huawei leak inquiry
- ARC: HMRC civil servants need resources, not blame
- FDA warns Johnson against the "politicisation of civil service"
- It Shouldn’t Take Public Airing Of Ruined Lives To Shame MPs Into Acting On Harassment
- Penman: Hunt's holiday cancellation threat "ludicrous"
- Judicial review of civil service pay guidance to be fast-tracked
- FDA wins pay rises for CPS staff
- FDA launches Manifesto for Justice
- Ministers, not Home Office officials, have created the Windrush scandal
- MPs' anti-bullying rules will cover Speaker, Leadsom suggests
- New Commons system ignores historic sex claims against MPs
- By overturning the suspension of Anthony Lester, the Lords has discouraged staff from speaking out
- Dave Penman: An impartial civil service is essential
- Parliament’s new anti‑bullying policy is a whitewash
- Parliament bullying report
- Parliament's new antibullying policy is a whitewash writes Amy Leversidge
- Penman: 2% pay rise for civil servants "unforgivable"
- Penman talks to BBC about Brexit resourcing
- Thirlby: Senior civil servants and and NHS managers need pension flexibility, too
- Union bosses slam Westminster sex abuse complaints procedure for excluding historical allegations
- FDA: Public sector exit pay cap will hurt all public servants - including teachers, police officers, firefighters and paramedics
- Bully for EU
- Fresh Brexit row as Tory MPs accuse Theresa May of breaking promise to shake up negotiating team
- Reporting on senior civil servants' salary demonstrates prejudice and ignorance
- Salmond’s actions are damaging the Scots government
- The Undermining Of Kim Darroch Could Do Irreparable Damage To Our Civil Service
- Cabinet Office and MHCLG top staff turnover league table
- FDA calls on party leaders to defend civil servants
- Stress and work pressure contributing to sick leave, says FDA
- The Commons must wake up: The time for deference, acquiescence and silence is over
- Civil service unions start legal case after government fails to consult on pay
- The FDA, Prospect, and the Public and Commercial Services PCS unions are seeking a judicial review over the government’s failure to consult on pay
- Digital disclosure needs proper resourcing, says Manifesto for Justice
- Alex Salmond accused of 'personal vendetta' against Leslie Evans after calling for top civil servant to quit
- Westminster abuse scandal: Watchdog 'must have more powers' to investigate MPs accused of bullying and harassment
- Penman responds to Jeremy Hunt's businessman ambassador proposal
- FDA: PM's letter to civil servants is welcome, but May must accompany words with action
- Nicola Sturgeon apologises after flaw found in Alex Salmond investigation
- Quit day job and plan for no‑deal, thousands of civil servants told
- Salmond’s drama must not distract from proper justice
- Prosecution and defence come together Prosecution and defence join forces to support Manifesto for Justice
- FDA: Prime Minister must defend her civil servants
- UK civil service threatened by ‘ideological evangelists’ warns union chief
- Civil Servants, Collective Voice and Brexit Abuse w/Amy Leversidge
- Victoria Taylor says the Government needs to be held accountable in a letter to the Telegraph
- Watch FDA General Secretary Dave Penman on BBC Newsnight on bullying complaints
- Whitehall must start paying civil servants for all the overtime
- ADC 2017: Britain needs a strong civil service
- Dame Alix Kilroy: FDA's first woman Chair
- All in the mind
- Westminster bullying and harassment scandal: One year on
- BAME into Leadership: "Get to know 'the game' and its rules"
- Better data for a better Brexit
- Bisexual visibility: bringing your whole self to work
- Breaking Point
- “Broken, divisive and demotivating”
- Carillion: After the fall
- Barry Snelgrove: The FDA, LGBT+ rights, and me
- Civil servants won’t settle for being stuck at the back of the queue
- Claire Wiggins: Helping women through prison and probation
- Shifting focus: The FDA speaks with Clare Moriarty
- Clare Moriarty: Redefining success
- Picking up the pieces
- Direct defence: Kay Hender speaks with Jon Thompson
- Belief in Justice: Emma Knox's story
- Expanding our learning services
- Fair, flexible and forward-looking
- Fast Streamers: Know your rights
- On your case: Securing the proper pension
- Ian Buist's campaign to abolish the ban on gay and lesbian diplomats
- On your case: Securing reasonable adjustments
- FDA negotiations around the Civil Service Compensation Scheme
- Bullying and harassment in Parliament: the FDA response
- Features
- Why we need Flex for All: Ben's story
- Gareth Hills: Let's shout louder about the civil service’s achievements and challenges
- Going in with our eyes open: Matt Ross speaks with Stephen Lovegrove
- Greig Walker: Tackling violence against women and girls
- Why I HeartUnions
- Unvarnished, honest analysis: interview with Sir Simon McDonald
- It's time to end harassment of LGBT+ civil servants
- Leslie Evans: What kind of leadership do we need today?
- LGBT History Month: Looking to the future
- Location, relocation and dislocation
- Lord Heseltine: The privilege of working with the civil service
- Mark Holmes: Making employment more open for women
- Maths, Mum and Dad: Matt Ross talks to Jonathan Slater
- Michelle Wyer: Advancing women in the workplace
- Union advocate: The FDA talks to Mike Jones QC
- Marching to a new BEATS
- Nicola Sturgeon: Why an impartial civil service is a strength for MSPs
- On your case: Returning to work after a major accident
- Unchartered territory: Matt Ross speaks with Philip Rycroft
- Playing the long game
- Taking Pride: FDA members on their union’s fight for LGBT+ equality
- Resource requirements to successfully deliver Brexit
- Richard Heaton
- Skills, thrills and Brexit headaches: Matt Ross meets Rupert McNeil
- Strategic thinking on the comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS
- Resource requirements
- We’re not immune from prejudice – yet
- The equalisers
- The real value of public service
- The show must go on
- Think like a service user, act like a taxpayer
- Breaking stereotypes and aiding recovery: Why it's time to talk about mental health
- Trade union membership and the economy
- What is the value of brilliance?
- Whitehall needs critical friends, not silent partners
- Whitehall's stress test
- With politicians unwilling to govern, the NICS is left in an invidious position
- Women into Leadership 2016
- Women into Leadership: 500 women turning up to learn and to support each other
- World AIDS Day: How FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove and his MoJ colleagues raised £2,400
- Young Workers Month: Achieving things here and now
- 2% pay cap for civil servants is “unforgivable”, says Penman
- ADC 2019: Stop attacking civil servants
- Standard Committee Response: MPs may "kick Dame Laura's recommendations into the long grass"
- Annual Delegate Conference 2018: Civil service values are not for sale
- Selection on merit
- ARC Conference 2017
- ARC: Don't blame HMRC civil servants for no-deal preparations stumbling block
- ARC: Taxation laws must be fixed, for the good of the country
- BAME into Leadership 2018: What is your story?
- Barry Snelgrove named 2019 Wendy Jones Award winner
- British public asks Boris Johnson to answer Manifesto for Justice's demands
- Temporary departmental move? Check your payroll
- Brexit Minister forced to apologise for undermining civil service
- FDA: The British Foreign Policy Group is right – diplomacy can't be done on a shoestring
- Budget fails to back public servants over Brexit challenge, says FDA
- Building work begins on new FDA head office
- Celebrating Living Wage Week
- Celebrating our centenary in Scotland
- Celebrating the suffrage centenary
- Civil service to track careers of “under-represented” staff
- Compensation Scheme changes “a backwards step”
- Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply ‘a flash in the pan’, FDA urges Scottish Government
- FDA wins up to 8% pay increases for CPS members
- CPS launches the FDA's ground-breaking stress policy
- £85M to the CPS is a good start, but it should not be treated as an end
- FDA member named one of the most influential LGBT+ people in Wales
- The FDA calls for urgent action on the Dame Laura Cox report
- "Until Parliament acts, the House of Commons will continue to be as fragile as a House of Cards": the FDA backs Dame Laura Cox report recommendations
- Penman warns “self-styled disruptor” Cummings of “the realities of running government”
- FDA to Liberal Democrats: You have a "duty" to stand up for civil service
- Penman: Francois "seeks to undermine impartial civil service"
- Penman: The Government must publish details of no-deal Brexit
- Disability History Month: How to increase disabled people's rights in the UK
- Djuna Thurley named 2019 Impact Award winner
- DWP Branch AGM celebrates 100 years of the FDA
- Equal Pay Day 2018: The civil service is falling short
- Inside the Foreign Office: Attend our Fast Stream networking event
- 84% of fast streamers "unhappy with current level of pay"
- Fast streamers: What to do about postings uncertainty
- House Commission must “stop dragging their feet” on sexual harassment policy
- The FDA wins overtime for Government Legal Department
- 100 years supporting and defending members
- FDA 100: Share your story with us
- FDA challenges Gove for peddling working hours “myths”
- FDA to PM: Don’t make our civil servants break the law or their code
- FDA condemns Salmond’s “continual targeting” of Leslie Evans
- FDA slams Alex Salmond’s “nasty, vindictive and deliberate” attacks on Scottish Government Permanent Secretary
- FDA defends civil servants against Letwin attack
- FDA defends civil servants from attacks from across the political spectrum
- FDA celebrates DExEU pay rises of up to 11%
- Fast Streamers: Sign our petition for fair pay
- FDA members accept final Government offer
- FDA members reject Ministry of Justice pay offer
- FDA President joins Guardian public leaders board
- Our letter to party leaders
- FDA Rep receives STUC lifelong learning award
- FDA: The SCS pay award isn't thrift. It's Government own-goaling
- FDA slams “cowardly” attacks on civil servants
- FDA to NCA: Address pay or risk staffing crisis
- FDA teams up with cross-Government race networks to invest in BME leaders
- FDA tells Scottish Parliament that prosecution service faces ‘reliance on goodwill’
- FDA to MPs: Don’t “expect the impossible” on Brexit
- “Executed with flair and style”: FDA wins two TUC Communication Awards
- TUC backs the FDA’s call for flexible working
- FDA unlocks bonus pay for Senior Civil Servants
- FDA warns Scottish Government pay policy could create barriers to recruitment
- FDA welcomes new apprentice economists
- FDA welcomes important, if overdue, House of Commons Commission decision
- FDA welcomes the National Audit Office report on Ofsted
- Fight for fair pay continues after Budget let down
- Gender pay gap data "no early Christmas gift"
- Government’s approach to pay an insult to members
- Government misses ‘yet another opportunity to help close the tax gap’, says HMRC union
- Government risks a shootout on civil service pay: Penman in CSW
- Government should commit to pay settled status fee for EU civil servants
- Hilary Benn and Matt Chorley to speak at ADC 2019
- House of Commons bullying and harassment: FDA's response
- FDA: HoC was right to extend the bullying and harassment enquiry. But there is more to be done
- House of Commons bullying: Penman tells Newsnight ‘MPs cannot be trusted to be arbiters of their own conduct’
- FDA helps improve House of Commons staff's workplace
- Institute for Government: Is Whitehall's workforce model broken?
- If the Government wants a world class service it must offer world class resourcing
- “Ill-informed” civil service attacks must stop, says FDA
- #MeToo, menopause and flexible working: future topics for the FDA Women's Network
- Have a day job helping women and girls? Talk to the FDA
- Jeremy Heywood: "The pre-eminent public servant of his age"
- Julia Gillard: An FDA centenary lecture
- July pensions update
- June pensions update
- Justice Week 2018: Calls for increased funding to maintain public faith in the justice system
- Latest news
- Legal action on civil service pay
- Leversidge in the House: Parliament must act now on bullying and harassment
- Invitiation: Join our 15 May LGBT+ Network meeting
- Invitation: Take part in our LGBT Working Group meeting
- FDA calls on Cabinet Office for greater pension flexibility
- Manifesto for Justice gains TUC support
- FDA, Bar Council and Law Society launch Manifesto for Justice
- Maude “undermining legacy” with Whitehall attacks
- Melanie Dawes set to speak at FDA annual conference
- Mercedes learns how to use the website
- MoJ staff: How the grading review affects you
- More than 5,600 sign FDA’s fair pay petition
- MPs to probe Whitehall’s Brexit capability
- C2 Test
- NHS managers plan more active and engaged union
- Patel’s allies “peddling myths” on civil service pay, says FDA
- Pay 2018: A message from the General Secretary
- Pay 2018: Joint statement from the FDA, PCS and Prospect
- Pay 2018: Why we have issued legal proceedings
- Pay talks delayed as FDA calls for major review of SCS pay
- A century of fighting for civil servants: Penman in CSW
- Penman in CSW: Civil service chiefs’ morning of herding the Alpacas
- Penman raises concerns over Brexit delivery resourcing
- Penman slams Truss’s “dog-whistle” tactics to hide human impact of cap on public sector exit payments
- Penman tells Commons Standards Committee: "ship has sailed" on MPs self-regulation
- Plans to merge Government departments “kindergarten economics”
- Plan to appoint business leaders as ambassadors “risks undermining the UK’s influence”
- FDA opposes Treasury halting public sector pension scheme valuations
- The public trusts civil servants in testing times: Penman in CSW
- We can’t allow justice to become devalued
- Review body calls for a “full overhaul” of SCS pay
- FDA/Scottish Government deal raises members' pay and protects jobs
- Unions and Scottish Government cosign Fair Work agreement
- SCS pay systems creak at seams while Government works at a snail’s pace, says FDA
- The Smith Institute launches report on civil service impartiality
- "Solitude to Solidarity": Littlewood on the Manifesto for Justice
- Survey flags “real concern” over workplace harassment and bullying
- Surveys flag concern over pay and workloads
- Suspending open and fair competition for Brexit is ‘a worrying development', says FDA
- Closing Friday: Last chance to take part in our Working Hours Survey
- Tribunal fees scrapped in landmark court ruling
- TUC Congress backs the FDA’s call to tackle harassment in the workplace
- TUC Congress: FDA raises issues of Brexit and wellbeing
- Unions back FDA call for new civil service settlement
- Up to 5,000 extra HMRC staff needed to cope with Brexit
- Wales: Happy birthday, FDA
- Westminster bullying probe must not duck past cases, says FDA
- Women into Leadership London 2018: Wear your red shoelaces
- Working Hours Survey reveals the “false economy” of unsustainable workloads
- Alex Salmond investigation: FDA response
- Anonymous briefings against civil servants a sign of political cowardice, says FDA
- Article 50: Government must act now to prepare civil service for Brexit, says FDA
- A successful Brexit needs more than strong leadership - it needs a strong civil service, says FDA union
- Brexit Minister has failed to challenge "half-baked" civil service myths, says FDA
- Brexit minister's comments undermine government and insult civil servants, says FDA
- Budget fails to back public servants and seeks to deliver Brexit on the cheap, says FDA
- Chancellor “refusing to face up to reality” over civil service pay, says FDA
- Civil servants are used to impartiality - but referendum promises need proper resources, says FDA
- Civil servants being "badly let down" on pay, new figures show
- Civil Service Compensation Scheme plans "a major backwards step" - FDA union
- Civil service must have the tools for the job as Article 50 looms, says FDA
- Civil Service's new diversity plan is welcome - but there's more to do
- Civil service turnover: Without fundamental reform, Government “will only repeat mistakes of the past”
- Civil service unions jointly issue legal proceedings over pay
- The FDA calls for a meaningful pay rise as Crown prosecutors face 20% real terms pay cut
- DExEU civil servants “deserve every penny” of pay rise
- Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply a “flash in the pan”, FDA urges Justice Secretary
- Fawcett Society's Sexual Harassment in Parliament report: FDA response
- FDA: Don't let Truss's dog-whistle tactics hide human impact of public sector exit pay cap
- Standards Committee response: FDA raises concerns MPs may "kick Dame Laura's recommendations into the long grass"
- The FDA responds to ERG Vice Chairman Mark Francois's attack on civil servants
- FDA response to Boris Johnson's £85M CPS cash injection
- FDA response to Sir Kim Darroch's resignation
- FDA: Senior Civil Service pay systems creak at the seams while Government works at a snail’s pace
- FDA tells ministers to put their money where their mouth is over public sector pay
- FDA urges Chancellor to act now on civil service pay or risk undermining vital public services
- FDA welcome House of Commons Commission's "important, if overdue" decision
- FDA welcomes Commons decision to allow investigation of historical bullying and harassment complaints - but more needs to be done
- FDA welcomes fresh call for a Spending Review - and says now is the time to tackle uncompetitive public sector pay
- FDA welcomes “overdue” lifting of 1% pay cap in Scotland
- Civil service has a "long way to go" to close gender pay gap, says FDA union
- Government must revise spending plans to ensure the civil service is fully equipped to deliver a successful Brexit, says FDA
- Government must take “concrete action” to end public sector pay cap, says FDA union
- Government must urgently offer clarity on Brexit to ensure UK border security, says FDA
- FDA: It is absurd that Government secrecy should prevent civil servants doing their jobs
- Government wilfully ignores calls to reform civil service pay, says FDA
- House of Commons must not water down recommendations of harassment inquiry, FDA warns
- House of Commons harassment inquiry: independent process needed for all, not just for complaints against Speaker, says FDA
- House of Commons harassment: Leadsom must pause introduction of “flawed” new policy, FDA warns
- House of Commons in need of radical reform to protect staff from bullying and harassment, says FDA
- House of Commons inquiry risks giving MPs accused of harassment ‘clean slate’, FDA warns
- In politically uncertain times, the UK relies on its permanent civil service to ensure stability, says FDA union
- FDA: The Institute for Government is right – if we're to provide public services, we need urgent tax reform
- Invest in the civil service to deliver successful Brexit and domestic reform, says FDA
- Lack of investment in civil servants preparing for Brexit “beggars belief”, says FDA
- Ministerial Code tinkering not enough to protect staff from harassment and bullying, FDA union says
- Ministers’ allies are peddling myths on Senior Civil Service pay, says FDA union
- Ministers cannot ignore growing calls to get real about civil service capacity, says FDA
- New harassment inquiry must not delay implementation of Dame Laura Cox’s recommendations, says FDA
- New Westminster bullying probe must not ignore past cases, says FDA union
- NICS sickness absence levels should be a wake up call, says FDA union
- Now is the time to change the Government’s approach to public sector pay, says FDA
- PACAC report adds to mounting evidence that Britain needs a strong civil service, says FDA union
- Parties must not flunk first test on Westminster bullying claims, says FDA union
- Pay cap announcement will satisfy no one, says FDA union
- Press releases
- FDA opposes Treasury halting public sector pension scheme valuations
- Public will “bear the consequences” if cuts to prosecution service continue, FDA warns
- Report attacking DWP pay shows “blatant disregard for the facts”, says FDA union
- Scottish Budget: New public sector pay policy could hit morale, FDA union warns
- Scottish Government doesn’t truly value the work of FDA members
- Selling pension provision on the cheap will not address civil service struggle to recruit and retain key staff, says FDA
- Senior Civil Service pay review will only succeed if ministers ditch 1% cap, says FDA
- Surrounding Ministers with yes men and women will not lead to the successful delivery of Brexit, says FDA
- Suspending open and fair competition in recruiting civil servants for Brexit is 'a worrying development', says FDA
- The House of Commons is once again letting down victims of harassment, says FDA
- Theresa May must take action against MPs peddling civil service conspiracy theories, says FDA
- Under-pressure HMRC staff need proper investment - Association of Revenue & Customs
- Withdraw civil service pay guidance or face legal action, FDA warns
- Depression, breakdowns and departments under pressure: the FDA finds the real impact of unsustainable workloads in the civil service
Last Modified : 08/10/2018