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20/03/2013
Civil Servants Strike As Budget Announced
In a dispute over pay and pensions civil servants are holding a one-day strike to coincide with the Budget announcement.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will hold a rally in Westminster during the chancellor's Budget speech.
The PCS says up to 250,000 of its members at government departments and bodies will be involved in the walkout, which will also hit jobcentres and tax offices, with picket lines to be mounted outside government offices, museums, galleries and the Houses of Parliament.
Part of a three-month campaign, the PCS say ministers have refused to negotiate over cuts.
The Cabinet Office has called the action "futile" and "irresponsible".
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The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will hold a rally in Westminster during the chancellor's Budget speech.
The PCS says up to 250,000 of its members at government departments and bodies will be involved in the walkout, which will also hit jobcentres and tax offices, with picket lines to be mounted outside government offices, museums, galleries and the Houses of Parliament.
Part of a three-month campaign, the PCS say ministers have refused to negotiate over cuts.
The Cabinet Office has called the action "futile" and "irresponsible".
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