article_snippet: senior Conservatives warn that a merger between the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and the Unite union would threaten the impartiality of Whitehall.
article_snippet: No takeover can be permitted to imperil the perceived impartiality of the civil service.
article_snippet: MPs have warned a left-wing merger between the PCS and Unite (Unite protest pictured) would threaten the perceived impartiality of the civil service .
highlights_snippet: Merger of Unite and PCS unions could threaten impartiality of Whitehall .
  