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British Library: management in crisis
British Library staff announce further strikes
British Library’s crisis-plagued leadership to be hit by a new wave of strikes from Monday 8 to Friday 12 December 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
British Library: management in crisis
DWP crisis to be addressed in Parliament
PCS policy launch: social security reform
Parliamentary launch of solutions roadmap for a department in crisis.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
DWP crisis to be addressed in Parliament
Union recognition for pensions workers at Capita
PCS gains union recognition with Capita
PCS and Capita Pensions Solutions have signed an agreement confirming union recognition for the workers administering the Civil Service Pensions schemes for 1.7 million civil servants.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Union recognition for pensions workers at Capita
Budget: more needed to address poverty
PCS response to Budget: more needed on poverty
PCS welcomes the scrapping of the two-child limit but more must be done on cost-of-living crisis.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Budget: more needed to address poverty
DWP to vote on strikes over chronic low pay and wage compression
DWP workers to vote on strikes in January 2026
Union members are angry about chronic low pay and wage compression in the department.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
DWP to vote on strikes over chronic low pay and wage compression
Westminster security staff to strike on Budget Day
Westminster security strike on Budget Day
More than 300 union members working in the Parliamentary Security Department are taking strike action on 26 November.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Westminster security staff to strike on Budget Day
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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Border Force Maritime patrol workers prepare to strike
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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PCS has responded to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the DWP to close local service centres, calling for greater investment in the department to help people back into work.
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Unemployment figures show the need for investment in DWP
Responding to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to close local service centres, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) gener...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
PCS has responded to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the DWP to close local service centres, calling for greater investment in the department to help people back into work.
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The Department for Business and Trade has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Scotland.
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PCS condemns newly proposed cuts to Department for Business and Trade
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Sco...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Department for Business and Trade has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Scotland.
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As they enter their seventeenth week of strike action, PCS members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of action.
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Pension administration workers further escalate strike action
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of strike action.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As they enter their seventeenth week of strike action, PCS members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of action.
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A Public Accounts Committee report has vindicated PCS's campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
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PCS welcomes report on administration of Civil Service Pension Scheme
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report has vindicated the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS).
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October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A Public Accounts Committee report has vindicated PCS's campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
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Over 400 DWP workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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We will fight all office closures, union tells DWP
Over 400 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over 400 DWP workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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PCS members who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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Pensions finance workers in Cabinet Office vote to strike
Civil servants who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
PCS members who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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PCS members based in the Lincoln City Hall Service Centre will strike from 4 November to 17 November over a decision to close their office.
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Lincoln DWP workers to strike for two weeks
Civil servants who work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Lincoln will strike for two weeks over a decision to close their office.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
PCS members based in the Lincoln City Hall Service Centre will strike from 4 November to 17 November over a decision to close their office.
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Thousands of PCS members employed by the Met will walk out on Bonfire Night on 5 November after they were refused a London allowance by management.
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Met Police workers to strike on Bonfire Night
Civilian police staff in the Met Police will take strike action on one of the busiest days of the year for police, causing officers to be redeployed at a higher cost to the taxpayer.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thousands of PCS members employed by the Met will walk out on Bonfire Night on 5 November after they were refused a London allowance by management.
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Border Force workers who patrol UK waters including the English Channel have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and conditions.
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English Channel patrol crews vote to take strike action
Border Force workers who patrol UK waters including the English Channel have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and conditions.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Border Force workers who patrol UK waters including the English Channel have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and conditions.
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Over 300 PCS members who work at the British Library in the Prime Minister’s constituency of St Holborn and St Pancras will walk out from 27 October to 9 November.
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British Library workers vote to strike
Workers at the British Library in London have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in a dispute over pay.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Over 300 PCS members who work at the British Library in the Prime Minister’s constituency of St Holborn and St Pancras will walk out from 27 October to 9 November.
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Over 100 PCS members who work at Tate Galleries are being balloted for strike action from 14 October until 11 November.
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Tate Gallery workers to be balloted for strike action
Over 100 Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members who work at Tate Galleries are being balloted for strike action from 14 October until 11 November.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Over 100 PCS members who work at Tate Galleries are being balloted for strike action from 14 October until 11 November.
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Civil servants working for DWP in Lincoln have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a decision to close a local office that places them at risk of redundancy.
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DWP workers in Lincoln vote for strike action
Civil servants working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Lincoln have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a decision to close a local office that places them at risk of redundancy.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Civil servants working for DWP in Lincoln have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a decision to close a local office that places them at risk of redundancy.
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BREAKING
Thousands of workers in the DWP have indicated that they are willing to support potential strike action over chronic low pay, with many forced to use foodbanks and claim in-work benefits.
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Thousands of workers in the DWP have indicated that they are willing to support potential strike action over chronic low pay, with many forced to use foodbanks and claim in-work benefits.
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DWP workers show support for strike action
Thousands of workers in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have indicated that they are willing to support potential strike action over chronic low pay, with many forced to use foodbanks and c...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BREAKING
Thousands of workers in the DWP have indicated that they are willing to support potential strike action over chronic low pay, with many forced to use foodbanks and claim in-work benefits.
www.pcs.org.uk/contact-us/p...
Thousands of workers in the DWP have indicated that they are willing to support potential strike action over chronic low pay, with many forced to use foodbanks and claim in-work benefits.
www.pcs.org.uk/contact-us/p...
Met Police staff have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Met Police staff vote for strike action
Met Police staff have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Met Police staff have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Coastguard members furious as management compromise public safety
Coastguard’s high-risk trial project is condemned
A trial project tomorrow and Friday will knowingly jeopardise search and rescue missions across the whole UK.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Coastguard members furious as management compromise public safety
PCS members working on patrol boats in the English Channel have today begun a ballot for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and conditions.
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English Channel patrol crews to be balloted over strike action
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working on patrol boats in the English Channel have today begun a ballot for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and c...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
PCS members working on patrol boats in the English Channel have today begun a ballot for strike action in a dispute over frozen allowances as well as terms and conditions.
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