The Latest Breaking News from Mark Serwotka

The UK’s new official opposition: how powerful union leaders are taking on the Tories

As the cost of living crisis bites, leaders of barristers to bin collectors are becoming a force to be reckoned with

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

Third of civil servants skipping meals to save money, survey finds

Union warns workers being ‘cast adrift’ as Tory leadership contenders haggle over tax cuts

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Unions condemn PM over findings of ‘partygate’ probe

A report found security and cleaning staff had been subjected to unacceptable treatment.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Civil service union to ballot on strikes over pay and pensions

Boris Johnson calls for public sector pay restraint amid warnings of inflationary spiral

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Push for civil servants to return to office backfires as DfE runs out of desks

Department for Education ordered workers to spend 80% of their time in the office leading to ‘chaotic’ conditions

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Trade unions threaten national strike over Tory plans to slash a fifth of civil service jobs

Furious trade union leaders have accused the Prime Minister of trying to distract from his failure to tackle the cost of living crisis by making scapegoats of key workers.

Daily Record · May 13, 2022

If Johnson’s Rwanda plan for asylum seekers is legal, why is he afraid to defend it in court?

Refugees – and civil servants who’ll have to effect this cruel policy – will both suffer, says Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

Union chief accuses Patel of withholding Rwanda asylum details from staff

Mark Serwotka claims failure to disclose key documents raises suspicions plan is ‘built on sand’

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

Unions lash out at Johnson over attack on ‘work-from-home manana culture’

Relations between the PM and civil servants have been strained by a drive to get more staff back behind their desks.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022