Protests about pay are taking place across the UK tomorrow (Friday the 31st) as civil servants call on the government to end the 1% cap, the Public and Commercial Services union has announced.

Events are being held outside workplaces on what is the final payday of the financial year, including a protest at 1pm outside the Treasury building in Westminster.

Since 2010, the combined effect of the two-year pay freeze followed by the ongoing 1% cap, changes to pensions and the increase in National Insurance contributions, has hit living standards.

From 2010 to 2016 average civil service pay fell by between £2,000 and £3,500 in real terms – a larger decline than the rest of the public sector and the wider economy.

The current government’s plan to keep the 1% cap in place until 2020 seriously undermines the prime minister’s claim that she wants to help “just managing” families, the union says.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Brexit will put extra strain on a civil service already struggling to cope and to add insult to injury, dedicated public servants face three more years of pay cuts.

“Theresa May promised to help ‘just managing’ families and has the opportunity to start with her government’s own employees who are unable to make ends meet.”

Protests include:

Birmingham: Victoria Square, 12.30pm to 1pm
Bootle: Triad, Stanley Road, 1pm; and Redgrave Court, Merton Road, 1pm
Bristol: Temple Quay House, The Square, 1pm
Cardiff: Welsh Government, Cathays Park, 12.30pm
Glasgow: Buchanan Galleries, Buchanan Street, 1pm
Leeds, Leeds town hall, The Headrow, 12.30pm
Liverpool: Shannon Court, Princes Parade, 12.30pm; and Derby Square, 1pm
London: Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Rd, 1pm
Newcastle: Longbenton, car park entrance, 12.15pm
Newport: Office for National Statistics, Cardiff Road, 12pm
Nottingham: Castle Meadows, 12.30pm
Portsmouth: Lynx House, Northern Road, 11.30am
Sheffield: St Paul’s Place, 12.30pm
Swansea: morning leafleting sessions outside DVLA, Longview Road
Telford: Abbey House, Whitechapel Way, 12.30pm
Wrexham: tax office, Plas Gororau, 12pm