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Low pay 'blights civil service'

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Civil servants across the country are set for a 48-hour strike beginning today in a row over redundancy pay.

Courts, ports, jobcentres, benefit offices, tax centres and emergency police call centres will all be affected by the action.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, discusses the dispute.

READ MORE: Civil servants on strike over pay

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