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Capita fiasco: Cabinet Office to make some pension payments
Capita fiasco: Cabinet Office to make some pension payments, while privatised provider continues to fall short
The Cabinet Office is due to set out plans to make payments to those affected pensioners at risk of hardship, with further information expected from the Government within the next 24 hours.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Capita fiasco: Cabinet Office to make some pension payments
Retired civil servants have been left without pensions as Capita delays payments
Retired civil servants left without pensions as Capita delays payments
Thousands of retired civil servants are facing financial hardship and distress after pensions and lump sums failed to arrive on time under outsourced administrator Capita, the Public and Commercial Se...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Retired civil servants have been left without pensions as Capita delays payments
Prices keep rising while DWP pay continues to fall behind
Prices keep rising while DWP pay continues to fall behind
Today’s inflation figures show prices rising again, with it now at 3.4% from 3.2% last month, adding further pressure on working households across the country.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Prices keep rising while DWP pay continues to fall behind
Unemployment has risen, while jobcentres remain understaffed due to low pay
PCS calls for pay rise for jobcentre workers as unemployment rises again
Unemployment has risen by 103,000 over the past three months, while jobcentres remain understaffed due to low pay.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Unemployment has risen, while jobcentres remain understaffed due to low pay
Strike threat as three pay grades flatline to national minimum
50,000 DWP staff to ballot for strikes
PCS members begin balloting on Monday 19 in a dispute over low pay and wage compression
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January 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Strike threat as three pay grades flatline to national minimum
Nearly 7,000 Met Police staff pause strike
Nearly 7,000 Met Police staff pause strike
Met Police have made a new pay offer in the face of a Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) strike planned for tomorrow (Thursday 15) which would repeat the successful disruption seen in November...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Nearly 7,000 Met Police staff pause strike
Two-tier pay puts thousands of police on strike
London police to strike on two-tier pay
6,500 Met police staff and 130 Mayor’s Office staff will strike next week in disputes over two-tier pay.
www.pcs.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Two-tier pay puts thousands of police on strike
January police strikes in London
London police strikes set for January
Union members’ urge managers to meet fair demands in Met Police and MOPAC.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
January police strikes in London
Westminster security strike on NYE
Parliament Grinch forces staff out into the cold
Palace of Westminster security staff will strike again, on 31 December, threatening Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s New Year’s Eve bash.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Westminster security strike on NYE
British Library: management in crisis
British Library staff announce further strikes
British Library’s crisis-plagued leadership to be hit by a new wave of strikes from Monday 8 to Friday 12 December 2025.
www.pcs.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
British Library: management in crisis
DWP crisis to be addressed in Parliament
PCS policy launch: social security reform
Parliamentary launch of solutions roadmap for a department in crisis.
www.pcs.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
DWP crisis to be addressed in Parliament
Union recognition for pensions workers at Capita
PCS gains union recognition with Capita
PCS and Capita Pensions Solutions have signed an agreement confirming union recognition for the workers administering the Civil Service Pensions schemes for 1.7 million civil servants.
www.pcs.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Union recognition for pensions workers at Capita
Budget: more needed to address poverty
PCS response to Budget: more needed on poverty
PCS welcomes the scrapping of the two-child limit but more must be done on cost-of-living crisis.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Budget: more needed to address poverty
DWP to vote on strikes over chronic low pay and wage compression
DWP workers to vote on strikes in January 2026
Union members are angry about chronic low pay and wage compression in the department.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
DWP to vote on strikes over chronic low pay and wage compression
Westminster security staff to strike on Budget Day
Westminster security strike on Budget Day
More than 300 union members working in the Parliamentary Security Department are taking strike action on 26 November.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Westminster security staff to strike on Budget Day
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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Border Force Maritime patrol workers prepare to strike
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers who patrol UK waters, including the English Channel, will take strike action tomorrow over frozen allowances and unresolved changes to terms and conditions.
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PCS has responded to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the DWP to close local service centres, calling for greater investment in the department to help people back into work.
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Unemployment figures show the need for investment in DWP
Responding to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to close local service centres, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) gener...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
PCS has responded to the latest unemployment figures and the continued drive by the DWP to close local service centres, calling for greater investment in the department to help people back into work.
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The Department for Business and Trade has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Scotland.
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PCS condemns newly proposed cuts to Department for Business and Trade
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Sco...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Department for Business and Trade has told staff it will slash frontline support for UK business exports, with serious risks of widespread redundancies and office closures in England and Scotland.
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As they enter their seventeenth week of strike action, PCS members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of action.
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Pension administration workers further escalate strike action
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of strike action.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As they enter their seventeenth week of strike action, PCS members working for the pension administrator MyCSP have announced three more weeks of action.
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A Public Accounts Committee report has vindicated PCS's campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
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PCS welcomes report on administration of Civil Service Pension Scheme
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report has vindicated the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS).
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October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A Public Accounts Committee report has vindicated PCS's campaign for the in-sourcing of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
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Over 400 DWP workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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We will fight all office closures, union tells DWP
Over 400 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over 400 DWP workers are at risk of redundancy or forced relocation, after the department announced office closures in Dover, Warrington and St Helens.
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PCS members who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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Pensions finance workers in Cabinet Office vote to strike
Civil servants who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
PCS members who work in pensions finance in the Cabinet Office have voted to take strike action in a dispute over the privatisation of their roles.
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PCS members based in the Lincoln City Hall Service Centre will strike from 4 November to 17 November over a decision to close their office.
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Lincoln DWP workers to strike for two weeks
Civil servants who work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Lincoln will strike for two weeks over a decision to close their office.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
PCS members based in the Lincoln City Hall Service Centre will strike from 4 November to 17 November over a decision to close their office.
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