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Government names Capita preferred bidder for £700m civil service payroll contract Capita, which is currently failing to pay pensions to thousands of retired civil servants has been named the preferred bidder for a £700 million contract to run payroll services for more than 250,000 ...

Government names Capita preferred bidder for £700m civil service payroll contract

MOPAC staff to strike over real‑terms pay cuts PCS members at the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) will take three days of strike action on 24, 25 and 26 February in an escalating dispute over an imposed 2% pay award.

Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime staff to strike over below‑inflation pay

With unemployment rising, DWP staff ‘cannot deliver essential services on the cheap’ New unemployment figures published today show the number of people out of work has risen to 1,883,000 — an increase of 94,000 in the last three months and 331,000 over the past year.

Once again unemployment has risen, and DWP staff ‘cannot deliver essential services on the cheap’

PCS welcomes damning High Court decision on unlawful ban of Palestine Action PCS welcomes today’s High Court ruling that the Home Office acted unlawfully in proscribing Palestine Action under terrorism legislation. The Court’s judgement is a significant and damning rebuke of t...

PCS welcomes the High Court's decision on unlawful ban of Palestine Action

Members end industrial action campaign at Tate following improved offer Members at the Tate have endorsed an end to industrial action after an improved pay and conditions offer, bringing a hard-fought campaign to a close and suspending a second wave of strike action due t...

Members end industrial action campaign at Tate following improved offer

Capita fiasco: Cabinet Office to make some pension payments, while privatised provider continues to fall short The Cabinet Office is due to set out plans to make payments to those affected pensioners at risk of hardship, with further information expected from the Government within the next 24 hours.

Capita fiasco: Cabinet Office to make some pension payments

Retired civil servants left without pensions as Capita delays payments Thousands of retired civil servants are facing financial hardship and distress after pensions and lump sums failed to arrive on time under outsourced administrator Capita, the Public and Commercial Se...

Retired civil servants have been left without pensions as Capita delays payments

Prices keep rising while DWP pay continues to fall behind Today’s inflation figures show prices rising again, with it now at 3.4% from 3.2% last month, adding further pressure on working households across the country.

Prices keep rising while DWP pay continues to fall behind

PCS calls for pay rise for jobcentre workers as unemployment rises again Unemployment has risen by 103,000 over the past three months, while jobcentres remain understaffed due to low pay.

Unemployment has risen, while jobcentres remain understaffed due to low pay

50,000 DWP staff to ballot for strikes PCS members begin balloting on Monday 19 in a dispute over low pay and wage compression

Strike threat as three pay grades flatline to national minimum

Nearly 7,000 Met Police staff pause strike Met Police have made a new pay offer in the face of a Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) strike planned for tomorrow (Thursday 15) which would repeat the successful disruption seen in November...

Nearly 7,000 Met Police staff pause strike

London police to strike on two-tier pay 6,500 Met police staff and 130 Mayor’s Office staff will strike next week in disputes over two-tier pay.

Two-tier pay puts thousands of police on strike

London police strikes set for January Union members’ urge managers to meet fair demands in Met Police and MOPAC.

January police strikes in London

Parliament Grinch forces staff out into the cold Palace of Westminster security staff will strike again, on 31 December, threatening Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s New Year’s Eve bash.

Westminster security strike on NYE

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.

British Library: management in crisis

PCS policy launch: social security reform Parliamentary launch of solutions roadmap for a department in crisis.

DWP crisis to be addressed in Parliament

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.

Union recognition for pensions workers at Capita

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.

Budget: more needed to address poverty

DWP workers to vote on strikes in January 2026 Union members are angry about chronic low pay and wage compression in the department.

DWP to vote on strikes over chronic low pay and wage compression

Westminster security strike on Budget Day More than 300 union members working in the Parliamentary Security Department are taking strike action on 26 November.

Westminster security staff to strike on Budget Day

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.

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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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...

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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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...

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 responds to Reform’s civil service plan Taxpayers demand civil service investment and results. Reform want the opposite.

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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.

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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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).

A Public Accounts Committee report has vindicated PCS's campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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