Analysis: budget fails to deliver on pay, Universal Credit or tax evasion

22 Nov 2017 PCS says today’s budget fails to deliver on public sector pay, Universal Credit or tax evasion. We had urged chancellor Philip Hammond to act to: End the 1% public sector pay cap Invest in public services End damaging austerity Pause and fix Universal Credit Invest in HMRC to close the tax gap. … Continue reading Analysis: budget fails to deliver on pay, Universal Credit or tax evasion

PCS slams government’s failure to use the budget to act on public sector pay

22 Nov 2017 PCS members and workers across the public sector face growing pay poverty as chancellor Philip Hammond failed to act to address the crisis in public sector pay in his budget this lunchtime. Pay in the public sector has been frozen and then capped for the past 7 years, causing huge hardship for … Continue reading PCS slams government’s failure to use the budget to act on public sector pay

Sarah Newton is the new health and safety minister

Conservative MP Sarah Newton has been appointed Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work. She replaces Penny Mordaunt, who was promoted to the cabinet post of Secretary of State for International Development after Priti Patel’s fall from grace. Newton, a former marketing executive, now has a brief that includes: Cross-government disability issues; work … Continue reading Sarah Newton is the new health and safety minister

PCS backs McDonnell emergency budget plan

PCS is supporting the call by shadow chancellor John McDonnell for "an emergency budget for our public services". The emergency budget plan Pause and fix universal credit Provide new funding to lift the public sector pay cap Properly fund our public services including health, education, and local government Serious funding for infrastructure across the whole … Continue reading PCS backs McDonnell emergency budget plan