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Civil servants vow to fight alongside Labour for end to austerity
MARCUS BARNETT reports from Brighton
CIVIL servants’ political aims are “identical” to those of the Labour leadership, delegates to PCS conference confirmed yesterday.
Workers noted the “widespread opposition” — supported by Labour — to the “cuts and privatisation agenda” of the Tory government.
On behalf of the national executive committee (NEC), PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said that Labour’s political orientation under leader Jeremy Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell is “identical” to what PCS fights for.
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