Please see the attached details regarding the Government’s response to the Independent Review of the PIP assessment here.

PCS has condemned George Osborne's attacks on the welfare budget and public services as he announced multi-billion pound cuts in his autumn statement and spending review. The chancellor remains committed to the £12.5bn welfare cut he outlined in the summer budget, as well as more than £20bn in departmental spending cuts up to 2020.Since 2010, … Continue reading PCS autumn statement response

Hidden inside the pages of the Spending Review was confirmation that the government is yet again considering plans to sell-off the Land Registry.Only last year, a PCS-led campaign fought off attempts to move the Land Registry to a commercial model. The Land Registry has consistently performed well in the public sector and is self-funding so … Continue reading Stop the privatisation of the Land Registry – Petition

On Thursday November 12th the HMRC Executive Committee (ExCom) announced its future location strategy. This included proposals to close the current 170 HMRC offices and cut these to 13 large Regional Centres in Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, and two in London (Croydon and Stratford), plus 4 "Specialist Sites". … Continue reading ‘Devastating’ HMRC closure plan must be subject to parliamentary review

PCS members have voted by a massive majority to retain our political fund, this gives our campaigning against spending cuts and the Trade Union Bill a real  boost. Read more on the PCS website here.

After the War on Welfare petition for the government to assess the impact of cuts on disabled people reached more than 30,000 signatures, the government has issued a response. However, War on Welfare campaign says the government are still evading the issue. Read War on Welfare's full response here: Government response: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106068?reveal_response=yes#response-threshold Read War on … Continue reading War on Welfare petition gets pitiful government response

The dark side of those Kermit sing-alongs in the workplace. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/02/kermit-workplace-office-play-fun-exploitation