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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Civil servant union accuses government of ignoring strike talks offer

Members of the PCS union holding a banner on a picket line.
Members of the PCS union will join strike action by Prospect on 15 March. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

A leading civil servants union has accused the government of ignoring its offer of talks to avert strikes and failing to even acknowledge its decision to take strike action.

Tens of thousands of public sector members of the Prospect union will strike on 15 March and work to rule indefinitely after voting overwhelmingly for industrial action.

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