Staff working at the Department for Education (DfE), Ofsted and other government bodies have been offered a £1,500 one-off payment amid a long-running pay dispute.
Ministers announced the payment – which is on top of a pay rise of 4.5 per cent proposed earlier this year – following talks with the FDA, PCS and Prospect civil service unions earlier today.
It comes after the FDA announced its first national strike ballot over pay in over 40 years, and the PCS secured a renewed mandate for further action following a series of strikes earlier this year.
The executive committees of both unions will meet next week to consider the offer. The FDA’s ballot was paused late last month when talks resumed.
