Around 100,000 civil servants are set go on strike on February 1 in a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union has announced
The strike applies to all members in employers where the turnout passed the 50 per cent threshold required by law for strike action, covering 124 government departments and other bodies.
The union said the industrial action will represent the largest civil service strike for years and signals a "significant escalation" of industrial action. PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "During the last month, when thousands of PCS members across a range of departments took sustained industrial action, the government said it had no money.
"But it managed to find millions of pounds to spend on managers and military personnel in a failed attempt to cover the vital work our members do. "We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen - and we're as good as our word. We will not stand by as hardline Tory MPs like Richard Drax tell our hard-working members they should be grateful to have jobs."
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