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NSSN 446: Support NIPSA civil servants’ July 26 pay strike

July 16, 2019 in Bulletins

This week, the NSSN headline our bulletin with the impending civil service strike by the biggest union in Northern Ireland NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance). You can follow news about the action on the union’s website This statement is from Carmel Gates – NIPSA Deputy General Secretary:- “Up to 20,000 civil servants across Northern Ireland are set to strike on Friday 26th July. NIPSA achieved a magnificent 68.5% YES vote in favour of strike action which was particularly significant because we were forced to ballot within a 3 week window before the summer leave season. The strike has been provoked […]

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PCS on Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

December 5, 2013 in News

Republished from PCS website The chancellor has today announced more cuts in government departmental budgets and an increase in state pension age. George Osborne said in his autumn statement that UK state pension age is to increase more rapidly to 68, making it one of the highest in the developed world. State pension age will increase to 68 in the mid-2030s and to 69 in the late 2040s. In future, civil service pension age will be linked to state pension age. This means that people in their 40s will not receive a full civil service pension until they are 68, […]