Union members are to hold a rally this afternoon to oppose the closure of their Liverpool office and relocation of hundreds of jobs.
PCS members working for Defence Business Services (DBS) in its North West branches are to gather at Walker House on Exchange Flags to oppose the closure of their workplaces and the displacement of jobs. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is closing its DBS offices in Liverpool and Cheadle Hulme, putting 500 employees at risk of redundancy.
Former armed forces minister, Mark Lancaster, told the House of Commons in 2017 that the government was seeking to implement a strategic plan to have staff leave the Liverpool site by 2023. The two sites are being consolidated into a single location in Blackpool.