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We're the trade union for managers and professionals in public service. Follow @FDAGenSec
Joined January 2013
This year's Wendy Jones Equality Award went to DHSC rep Chloé François-Oatway for her work advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in the civil service. Read more about this important work in this summer's edition of Public Service Magazine.
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Katherine Hutchinson speaks to the winner of the Wendy Jones Equality Award 2025, Chloé François-Oatway.
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Hear about the impressive work being done by the winners of the 2025 Group Impact Award, the FDA reps in Dstl, in this summer's issue of Public Service Magazine.
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Katherine Hutchinson speaks to the winners of the Group Impact Award 2025: FDA reps Gareth Conway, Karen Craddock, Matt Gibb and Simon Botting at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
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There should be caution over statistics showing increased sickness rates in the civil service which only cover some departments when overall trends show rates have decreased, @FDAGenSec tells @KateEMcCann.
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"The civil service is hungry for reform.”. Read full reports on the speeches from @FDAGenSec, @lewis_goodall and @Georgia_Gould at ADC 2025 in the latest edition of Public Service Magazine.
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As well as lively debates on motions, the 2025 Annual Delegate Conference also heard from three main speakers: Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office Georgia Gould, FDA General Secretary Dave...
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"The civil service does have a real and long documented problem with attracting working class talent. the changes to the summer internship programme won't fix all of these problems. but will hopefully enable the civil service to harness a broader range of talents.". Speaking
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“Improving access to the civil service for those from working class backgrounds is a valuable and necessary aim for any government. However, the civil service must also address broader issues around social mobility" . @FDAGenSec speaks to @CSWnews.
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Rule change for undergraduate summer programme aims to boost social mobility in the Fast Stream
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"Even if you do manage to get into the civil service, you will not always get on". @FDAGenSec on plans to restrict internships to those from working class backgrounds and calls for government to do more to improve social mobility.
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Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.
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"The promotion and protection of the UK's interests around the world is often unseen" - @FDAGenSec on his recent visit to Warsaw and its embassy in the latest edition of Public Service Magazine, highlighting the work of FCDO staff across the globe:
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In May, FDA General Secretary Dave Penman visited Warsaw and its embassy to help highlight the significant work of our Foreign, Commonwealth and Development staff, based in countries across the globe.
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In the summer 2025 edition of Public Service Magazine, hear from @DameWendyDBE on the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence presents for the civil service:
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Professor Dame Wendy Hall shares how artificial intelligence can assist the civil service, but shouldn’t be treated as a quick fix.
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Responding to attacks on an HMRC colleague, President of the Association of Revenue and Customs (the FDA in HMRC) Tom Langrish said:. “Receiving recognition for delivering a government’s priorities should be a moment of pride in any civil servant’s career, not something to be.
EXC: HMRC Hands Internal ‘Expert of the Year’ Award to Designer of Disastrous Farm Tax
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RT @FDAGenSec: I’m pleased that the government have introduced the Ethics and Integrity Commission, but it also an opportunity missed. It’s….
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When it comes to standards oversight, it’s not the acronym that matters – it’s the powers that go with it and the independence to make politically difficult decisions
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As demonstrated by their just-published annual report and accounts, HMRC collected record revenues in 2024-25. Our members have made great progress in securing funds for the public purse in recent years. But as this new @CommonsPAC report highlights, there is still some way to go.
Our new report finds that HMRC doesn’t know how many UK billionaires pay tax—or how much. Billions of pounds are at stake. We’re calling for a clear plan to close the gap and ensure the wealthiest in society pay the tax they owe. Find out more ⬇️.
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Women into Leadership online takes place today, chaired by FDA Vice President Leila Kelly. Find out about other career development events from the FDA in partnership with @DodsEvents, both in-person and online, here:
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Cutting-edge conferences are at the core of what we do. Agendas feature diverse speakers offering innovative solutions to today’s most critical wor...
Many thanks to our chair Leila Kelly for kicking off today's event. Please do get involved by asking any questions in the Q&A tab. This event will also be recorded. #WiL25.
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This important intervention by @hmcpsi highlights many of the same issues discussed in our recent report, including their recommendation calling for increased investment for RASSO prosecutors. We are pleased that the CPS has accepting these recommendations. Our report found.
Today we have published a report into @CPSUK’s handling of rape cases. Inspectors found that CPS needs to urgently improve its decision making and handling of these cases at the pre-charge stage. We have eight recommendations for CPS to implement
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RT @sammacrory: The @instituteforgov has coordinated an important @thetimes letter - signed by @HetanShah @campbellclaret @pollycurtis @ana….
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Government guidance has been criticised as ‘chilling’ by think tanks, while former cabinet secretaries have also raised concerns
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“[Senior] spoke truth unto power, championing those values which we still defend as a civil service union: integrity, honesty, objectivity, and impartiality." . FDA president Margaret Haig at plaque unveiling in memory of first female civil servant.
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Jeanie Senior's appointment in 1873 was 'fiercely resisted', but she challenged establishment thinking around workhouses in her role as an inspector of education of girls
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Speaking today at the unveiling of a plaque in honour of the first female civil servant, Jeanie Nassau Senior, FDA President @haig_margaret says Nassau Senior “spoke truth to power, championing the values we still defend as a civil service union today: integrity, honesty,
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RT @FDA_NI: referring to a ‘bloated’ civil service or worse a ‘blob.’. Conference, our members aren’t a blob. They are public service prof….
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