"Public services cannot run on goodwill alone. You cannot recruit and retain key workers unless you pay them properly." PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote speaking at the TUCG ‘Tackling the Cost of Living Crisis’ fringe meeting and Right to Food UK Commission Report launch at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Fran called for above-inflation public sector pay to restore lost wages, alongside action to cap rents and bills and protect social security. For PCS members on low and middle incomes, tackling the cost-of-living crisis means dealing with both sides of the problem: better pay and lower costs. #PCS #Labour2026

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote spoke at the Socialist Campaign Group Conference Rally in Liverpool, highlighting the victories won by outsourced workers who organised and took action together. Fran spoke about the fight for insourcing, decent pay and conditions, and the importance of trade unions bringing working-class people together amid racism and division. “Our job as trade unions is to unite people, and we will always oppose workers being treated as second class because it weakens everyone.” #PCS #Labour2026

A few photos from the fringe meetings around Labour party conference in Liverpool so far. We've been part of conversations about the economy, standing up to racism, solidarity with Palestine and the fight to bring public services back in-house. These are the issues PCS members are organising around every day. It's been good to meet others who are also pushing for change. #labourpartyconference2026 #PCS

PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote has given her response to PM Andy Burnham's plans for a new national commission on electoral reform #Labour2026

The government is increasingly realising how damaging outsourcing has been, says PCS GS Fran Heathcote in an article for @CSWnews She says that there are hundreds of contracts where outsourced workers are getting a raw deal. Insourcing is the way forward civilserviceworld.com/profes…

PCS GS Fran Heathcote had a productive and positive meeting with Cabinet Office minister Mark Ferguson at Labour party conference today, on the agenda: pay, Capita, collective bargaining and devolution

Fran Heathcote proudly supporting Unison's skilled workers fair visa rally at Labour party conference. #labourpartyconference2026 #PCS

General Secretary Fran Heathcote sends a mesage from the Labour party conference to striking FDCO members. #labourpartyconference2026 #PCS

PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote has called on foreign secretary @Ed_Miliband to intervene to resolve the dispute involving our members at the @FCDOGovUK as our members in London and East Kilbride hold their latest day of strike action.

As @Ed_Miliband addresses Labour party conference in Liverpool, striking PCS members in @FCDOGovUK call on him to meet them and resolve their dispute and their future #Labour2026

"We are here today to affirm our solidarity with the working class across Latin America, who must be free to determine their own path – free from domestic oppression and US imperialism. We know that where Pinochet’s far right government led in the 1970s, the Thatcher and Reagan governments followed in the 1980s. With a rising threat of the far right in the UK, our solidarity with Latin American trade unionists and our attention on Latin America today is essential, because it could be a testing ground for what we face if the far right takes power in Britain." - Fran Heathcote addressing the Latin American fringe meeting at #Labour2026

🚨PRESS RELEASE PCS responds to government announcement of dedicated Insourcing Unit and plans to bring outsourced Whitehall jobs in-house First Secretary Louise Haigh has announced that the government will establish a dedicated Insourcing Unit within the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, responsible for working across departments, sharing best practice, and accelerating the return of outsourced work to the public sector. The government has also committed to bringing more than 2,000 outsourced cleaning, catering and security jobs across Whitehall back in-house when existing contracts expire in around 18 months. Reacting to this news, Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary, said: “PCS has long campaigned for an end to the outsourcing model, so this announcement is a significant step forward for our members and the wider trade union movement. “Bringing over 2000 jobs back in-house and establishing a dedicated Insourcing Unit sends a clear message that public services should be delivered in the public interest, something PCS has consistently argued for. We will now work to ensure this commitment is delivered and continue to press the government for a much wider programme of insourcing across the civil service. “The Civil Service Pension Scheme is a stark example of why this is needed. Capita continues to fail to deliver pensions to thousands of retired civil servants and their families, yet the company has been awarded a further £700 million contract to deliver civil service payroll through the Synergy programme. The government must learn from these failures and bring the pension service back in-house, rather than continuing to hand vital public services to private contractors that fail to deliver.”

🇵🇸 Almost three years into the genocide in Gaza, the call for justice for Palestine has not gone away. PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote joined other speakers at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting organised by Arise to reaffirm our solidarity with Palestinians and demand an end to the atrocities in Gaza. Hear from the speakers in our highlight video. #Labour2026

"Nigel Farage is no friend of working people. He’s the friend of Donald Trump and tax-dodging cryptocurrency billionaires. There is nothing patriotic about a party that gets most of its funding from billionaires based overseas, or a leader who gets paid through a company to reduce his tax bill. There is nothing patriotic about a party that wants to trash our greatest institution: the NHS. And there is nothing patriotic about whipping up fear against migrants and refugees. That is racism, not patriotism." - Fran Heathcote speaking at the Stand Up To Racism fringe at #Labour2026

A new report commissioned by @RMTunion and @unisontheunion examines the scale of the outsourcing industry and its impact on public services and workers. #PCS General Secretary @FranHeathcote said: "This report lays bare the human and financial cost of outsourcing, with billions in profits extracted from public services while more than a million workers face low pay and poor conditions. “Public services should exist to serve the public, not generate profits for private companies at the expense of workers and service users. PCS stands alongside RMT and UNISON in calling for a clear programme of insourcing, bringing services back in-house, protecting workers' rights and ensuring public money is invested in the services people rely on.” @InsourceNowGB #InsourceNow common-wealth.org/publicatio…