A bit of fun for Pat McFadden at his new department as the civil servants there instantly vote on whether to strike. He’s not that bad…
DWP civil servants are being balloted for strike action by the Civil Service union PCS after rejecting the most recent pay offer. McFadden was shunted to DWP, which will subsume the skills bit of the DfE to become a new ‘super department.’ Spin that was happily lapped up by hacks on Friday…
In reality as Guido reported at the time McFadden was the loser from Darren Jones’ reset promotion. The ‘Chief Secretary’ has now stolen the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster title as well…
Staff at the UK’s largest department have been offered pay rises of between 3.75% and 4.01%, which the union complains is lagging behind other departments. The ballot runs until 30 September. Can’t be a Happy Patty…