Civil servants to strike despite new pay offer

Civil servants around the UK are to continue striking despite an improved pay offer from the government. The government said the offer was the highest for civil servants in 20 years. Union bosses said civil servants below senior grades had been offered a lump sum of £1,500 for 2022/23. Officials had been calling for a 10% pay rise to reflect the rising cost of living but at the time the government said their demands would cost an "Unaffordable £2.4bn". The union said the latest offer was a "Significant achievement... which, while short of our full claim, puts money in members' pockets and brings parity of treatment with other public sector workers". The government, when it announced its new offer on Friday, said guidance for Civil Service pay allowed departments to award a 4.5% pay increase for staff, with the potential for an extra 0.5% increase for lower paid staff.

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