Senior Department for Education staff and Ofsted inspectors will be balloted for strike action over the government’s civil service pay offer.
The FDA union has announced that its executive has approved a national strike ballot over pay for the first time in more than 40 years.
The union represents senior civil servants including in-house Ofsted inspectors and high-ranking officials in government departments and agencies including exams regulator Ofqual.
It is not known how many members the union has in each organisation.
