The FDA, formerly The Association of First Division Civil Servants, is a trade union for UK senior and middle management
civil servant
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s and public service professionals founded in 1919.
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Its over 18,000 members include Whitehall policy advisers, middle and senior managers, tax inspectors,
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...
s and
statistician
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It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...
s, government-employed lawyers,
crown prosecutors, procurators fiscal, schools inspectors, diplomats, senior national museum staff, senior civil servants, accountants and
National Health Service
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(NHS) managers.
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Membership structure and affiliations
Its federal structure means that some sections of the union operate under separate branding. Three parts of the union have distinctive institutional features. Senior staff at
HM Revenue and Customs
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join the
Association of Revenue and Customs
The Association of Revenue and Customs (ARC) is a section of the FDA trade union which represents senior managers and professionals working in HM Revenue and Customs(HMRC). It started life as the Association of Inspectors of Tax (AIT). In 1988, u ...
(ARC) which is also a certified trade union as well as a section of FDA. Managers in the
NHS join Managers in Partnership (MiP), a joint venture with