Whitehall's Secret Plan to Undermine Farage with Strike Campaign if He Wins

Whitehall Officials Plan to Disrupt Government if Farage Wins Election

Whitehall officials are reportedly considering a sustained campaign of strikes if Nigel Farage's Reform UK party wins the next election. This move comes as the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest trade union for civil servants, prepares to vote on a motion calling for an "industrial defense strategy" to counter a potential Farage administration. The union has 170,000 members and is preparing for the possibility of workers going on strike with minimal notice.

Farage has pledged to address what he calls "institutional Left-wing bias" within the "Blob"—a term he uses to describe the Civil Service, local authorities, and schools—if his party forms the next government. However, the motion being debated at the PCS annual conference suggests that a Reform UK government would face a significant challenge from the union.

The motion highlights the "significant rise in polling and political influence of Reform UK" and notes that a Reform government is "very likely" to emerge after the next General Election. It states that such a government would pose an "existential threat" to the job security, pay, and professional integrity of all PCS members. The document warns that Reform would launch a "culture war aimed at demoralizing public servants."

It further emphasizes the need for a "laser-focused industrial strategy" to defend the Civil Service as a "vital, neutral institution." If approved, the union's ruling NEC will develop the resistance strategy by the end of the year. The plan includes launching a targeted recruitment drive in departments most at risk of budget cuts, ensuring the union has the mandate for sustained industrial action.

Farage, who made significant gains in this month's local elections, has already clashed with leaders of the National Education Union (NEU). Earlier this year, he criticized a "Marxist" teachers' leader whose union has vowed to mobilize members to stop him from becoming Prime Minister.

At the NEU's annual conference, delegates called for the trade union movement to "throw its full weight behind stopping a Reform UK government." They also urged teachers to "collate and disseminate anti-racist teaching materials" and to "encourage school and community-based anti-deportation campaigns."

Farage has promised to eliminate "politicized classrooms" if he becomes Prime Minister. He specifically targeted Daniel Kebede, the NEU's hard-Left general secretary, saying: "The NEU should focus on the day job of teaching instead of trying to indoctrinate children. Daniel Kebede is an open Marxist and shouldn't be anywhere near our education system. Change is coming for the NEU—our government will introduce a patriotic curriculum, no longer will teaching unions be able to politicise the classroom and talk down our country."

Kebede responded by stating that Farage would be a "disaster for Britain," claiming he would "cut our schools to the bone along with the NHS."

Civil Servants Receiving Over £150,000 in Pensions

New data reveals that some civil servants are receiving taxpayer-funded pensions of more than £150,000 annually, despite reforms aimed at curbing generous public sector payouts. According to figures released by Elizabeth Ivens, the Civil Service Pension Scheme—which is one of the largest of its kind—is set to cost taxpayers £7 billion this year, up from £6.8 billion last year.

Among those drawing from the scheme, 23 individuals are receiving over £150,000 a year, while 263 are collecting more than £100,000. These pensions are guaranteed for life and are inflation-linked. Former Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson described the numbers as "extraordinary," arguing that the scheme has "got out of control."

"The real issue is we've got a totally wrong balance between pay and pensions, and it's increasingly wrong as the private sector no longer has anything along these lines," he said.

Despite the 2022 reforms that aimed to limit payouts by basing pensions on average rather than final salary, pensions exceeding £50,000 have more than doubled since then, rising from 3,025 to 7,234. Those exceeding £100,000 have also increased, from 71 to 263.

Last November, the TaxPayers' Alliance found that 22 senior civil servants had accumulated pension pots worth more than £1 million, enough to generate retirement income of over £70,000 a year.