DEMORALISED’ Whitehall staff pushed to limits by cuts and responsibility for leaving Europe, says union. Senior civil servants have called for a pay rise to deal with “unsustainable” Brexit workloads.
The First Division Association (FDA), which represents senior civil servants and diplomats, said their pay does not “remotely compare with the wider marketplace”.
Iain Duncan Smith said,“Senior civil servants should be embarrassed that their union is asking for a pay rise at a time when the entire public sector is subject to necessary pay restraint. These officials are simply being asked to do their job.
They should be relishing the challenge – and the best ones will be.”
Mr Smith is one of the first MPs to accept his MP’s pay rise.
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