🔴 Around 30,000 HMRC staff could strike in the coming months in what could be the most disruptive industrial action faced by the Government to date, a union has warned
Around 30,000 HMRC staff could strike in the coming months in what could be the most disruptiveStaff at HM Revenue and Customs – the government department responsible for collecting taxes, and the payment of some forms of public funding – will be asked to vote for a second time on Monday on whether to strike after a previous ballot held by the Public and Commercial Services union last year fell narrowly short of the 50 per cent threshold required in law,Union sources confirmed that should...
The department collected more than £714bn in taxes last year, essential revenue which is used to fund the day-to-day spending of the Government. The Government estimates that in total, the union’s pay demands will cost £2.4bn, which they say is not affordable at a time when public finances are stretched.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union on the picket line outside Birmingham Airport during a Border Force strike The new ballot will be open for around six weeks, and the union must also give the Government two weeks’ notice of a strike, so potential walkouts could begin towards the end of March and April.
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