The aim of the emergency motion was to ensure that Prospect does not lose any members where civil service employers have withdrawn the check-off facility deducting subs from wages.

The motion instructed the sector and branches to work with full-time staff to:

• identify priority areas
• participate in a programme to contact members individually
• visit workplaces
• review the project’s success.

British Library

Another emergency motion, from the British Library branch, instructed the executive to work with Prospect’s heritage group in lobbying the government to support heritage; and raise awareness of the problems faced by civil servants in the sector through increased campaigning.

• You can see more conference reports in the ‘news’ section on the left of the civil service industry pages and in PublicEye magazine, being distributed to members this week.