Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union members at The Pensions Regulator (TPR) are set to take strike action from 5-18 September after being offered a 3 per cent pay rise.

Staff raised concerns after being offered only a 3 per cent increase in pay, despite the government making an improved pay offer to all civil service and related areas of a £1,500 lump-sum payment and an increase in the pay remit from 2 per cent to 4.5 per cent.

Despite the planned industrial action, PCS confirmed that it has currently paused its programme of targeted strike action to engage in pay talks with individual departments.

However, the national executive committee was clear that no members will be left behind and, where employers fail to make good on the concessions gained, it will call further targeted action.

PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka, said: “Our hard-working members at TPR demand to know why they’re deemed worth less than their colleagues elsewhere.

“They’re furious at finding out the government is treating them as the poor relations of the civil service.

“If ministers want to end what will be disruptive strike action, they can treat these workers fairly and with respect, offering them at least the same pay rise everyone else needs to help them through the cost-of-living crisis and beyond.”

A spokesperson for TPR said: “We value our staff highly and hope to achieve a successful resolution with the PCS Union as soon as possible, within our current performance-related pay structure that is fair and equitable.”

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