Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech, our General Secretary Mike Clancy spoke to Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live about civil service reform 📻

🧵 Government must recognise the fine line between cutting bureaucracy and undermining essential functions of the state. The Prime Minister is right that the civil service is full of talented people, and that reform is needed to make the best use of their skills.

“These are places which don’t always arrive on the public’s radar until they realise how important they are and that the people in them are experts.” Mike Clancy speaking up for our public sector members who work at regulators on Times Radio 📻

We stand in solidarity with all of the Prospect members working tirelessly to manage disruption caused by the fire near Heathrow. The expertise, commitment and dedication of our members are crucial to our national response to emergencies. We are proud to represent them.

“If we’re looking at a different sized civil service, it’s going to need to be a better paid one” 🗣️ Our General Secretary Mike Clancy spoke to LBC ahead of today’s Spring Statement.

The civil service reform agenda can't be just an exercise in saving money. Read my thoughts on the #SpringStatement in the Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good to welcome Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minister Michael Shanks MP to Prospect HQ today for critical discussions with trade unions on just transition for workers in the North Sea. Mike Clancy Sue Ferns

Cuts to admin budgets sound like an easy win to save money while protecting frontline services. But unfortunately that is not how the public accounts work – administration covers absolutely essential functions." More from Mike Clancy in The Guardian 📰 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Prospect General Secretary Mike Clancy spoke at the Best for Britain event this morning on what the Creative Industries need from our future relationship with Europe. Prospect Union and Bectu members need a reset built on enhanced cooperation and mutual benefit with the EU.

Ahead of the 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 summit next week, Prospect's General Secretary Mike Clancy writes that if the UK Government is serious about growth, then it also needs to be serious about resetting our relationship with Europe prospect.org.uk/news/the-gover…

The Strategic Defence Review rightly puts UK industry and defence jobs at the heart of Britain’s security, says Prospect General Secretary Mike Clancy Read more 👇 prospect.org.uk/news/strategic…

Technological change and AI pose huge challenges for the future of industrial relations, and so trade union voice is essential as workplaces adapt. Read our General Secretary Mike Clancy in the Financial Times 👇

Delighted for Sue Ferns award of an OBE. Cannot think of anyone more deserving and proud to be her colleague and friend. Towering presence in Prospect, the union movement and civil society.