UNIONS for senior civil servants called for reform of the sector’s pay system today in a letter to Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin, describing it as broken beyond repair.

Prospect general secretary Mike Clancy and FDA general secretary Dave Penman asked for an urgent meeting with Mr Quin to discuss a pay structure that “rewards talent, knowledge and expertise” in order to address recruitment and retainment issues.

Earlier this year, Prospect members undertook their largest industrial action in a decade and the FDA announced its first national industrial action ballot on pay in 40 years.