Tory fury as civil servants threaten strike over Rwanda policy

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But senior Tories insisted staff had no reason to be wary of implementing asylum policy – claiming civil servants were in the “wrong job” if they wanted to take a political stance. They’re in the wrong job.” Suella Braverman says it is her ‘dream’ to see Rwanda flights take off Martin Vickers MP, a senior figure in the Tory Common Sense Group, said: “I’m appalled. That is the job of the elected government, who has a mandate from the British people to reform human rights and bring together illegal immigration to an end.” Mr O’Connor said the PCS could ballot for strike if opposition to the government’s plans escalates into a trade union dispute, centred on how new migration policy affects civil servants’ terms of employment and working conditions. More than 100,000 people waited longer than six months for an initial decision on their case, figures show Mr O’Connor said that civil servants were also “sick of being used as a political football”, amid frequent accusations from senior Tories that they are part of a politically motivated “blob” obstructing government policy.