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Civil servants are joining this wave of action
With PCS members themselves facing poverty due to poor pay and the cost-of-living crisis, industrial action was inevitable — it’s time to link up our struggles, writes LYNN HENDERSON

THE turmoil in the Tory Party continues, but Liz Truss’s government stands united and resolute on capping Civil Service pay at just 2 per cent when the cost of living is escalating out of control.  

In August, a PCS survey found that one in 12 members working in the Civil Service and related bodies are using foodbanks.

Statements from union members voting yes to strike action in the current PCS statutory ballot catalogue harrowing accounts of government workers just trying to make ends meet — and real worries about the cost-of-living crisis to come.

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