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Prospect welcomes myth-busting pension report
12/03/2010
Prospect has congratulated the National Audit Office for its report into the cost of public service pensions saying it brings welcome clarity to an issue shrouded in myth and misinformation.
Pay freeze breaches pledge, say professionals
10/03/2010
Paul Noon, General Secretary of Prospect has commented on the government’s decision to freeze the pay of senior civil servants.
Prospect condemns Vodafone for lack of consultation
09/03/2010
Prospect has reacted angrily to Vodafone’s plan to push through 375 job cuts.
Union to set record straight on defence civilians
08/03/2010
Prospect is to set out the contribution and experiences of civilians on the frontline of operations at a seminar on 9 March at the union’s headquarters in London.
Prospect issues advice to civil service members about PCS industrial action
05/03/2010
PCS members are taking industrial action on 8/9 March over changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. Prospect, along with 4 other unions, has come to an agreement on the changes, so Prospect members will not be taking industrial action. We have issued guidance to our civil service members about this.
Prospect says MOD must ‘face the facts’
04/03/2010
Prospect has called on the Ministry of Defence to act swiftly on the recommendations of the Gray report into acquisition reform and the Haddon-Cave report into the causes of the Nimrod disaster.