Civil servants will continue to strike throughout April over an ongoing dispute about pay and conditions, a union boss has announced.

The general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, Mark Serwotka, said his members “are not backing down”, with numerous actions planned for the month – including an “all out” strike day on 28 April, which will see 133,000 members on the picket line.

Meanwhile, the National Education Union has told its members to reject an offer from the government to settle its ongoing pay dispute.

Ministers have offered teachers a £1,000 one-off cash payment for the present school year (2022/23) and a 4.3% consolidated pay rise for most teachers for next year (2023/24), which the government claims is fully funded.

But the union said up to 58% of schools would have to make cuts next year to afford it.