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Commuters wait at a bus stop outside a branch of Barclays in London.

Barclays bank to axe 450 jobs across the business

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Heathrow Airport security officers are set to strike for 31 days in the latest wave of industrial action. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Heathrow Airport security officers to strike for 31 days this summer

Workers at the Coca Cola plant in Wakefield are set to go on strike for 14 days in June. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Coca Cola plant workers announce 14-day strike

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

Security officers at Heathrow airport are set to walk out for a further eight days over a pay dispute in May, Unite has announced. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Security officers at Heathrow airport to walk out for further 8 days

A sign indicating the start of the security queue during a strike by security workers at London Heathrow Airport in London, UK, on Friday, March 31, 2023. IAG SAs British Airways is set to scrap 320 flights during the Easter week as security workers strike for 10-days over pay. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

8 tips to get through security quicker despite airport strikes

British Airways will cancel around 32 flights per day to and from Heathrow over the Easter weekend (Photo: Getty Images)

Heathrow security staff start 10-day strike affecting Easter travels

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first

Lighthouse workers in Scotland are voting for strike action in a “historic first” amid warnings lives could be at risk

Passengers travelling from Heathrow Terminal 5 over Easter have been told to expect delays (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

British Airways cancel dozens of Easter flights amid strike action

Heathrow workers are to strike over Easter. Credit: Getty Images

Heathrow Airport Easter strike: Staff will walk out for 10 days

Drax Group Plc’s power station where workes have voted to go on strike.

UK homes ‘face power cuts’ due to strike action at major station

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

This is what you need to know about the scheme from the Post Office (Photo: Shutterstock)

All 114 Post Office branches affected by strikes in July over pay row

Mary and Muriel.

Trade union stalwart celebrates 70 years to sterling service

The company will be closing a number of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lloyds Banking Group to close 60 branches as customers continue to bank online

Lloyds will close 19 Bank of Scotland branches in Scotland.

Bank of Scotland closures: When your local branch will shut for the last time

From left: Rab Fraser, branch chairman; Mary Alexander, deputy regional secretary; Julie Malley, branch secretary; and Eck Barclay, committee member, at the opening of the new Galashiels office.

Unite comes together with new Galashiels office

Unite the union has accused Tesco of offering a “derisory” pay increase to its members (image: PA)

Tesco staff strikes could lead to empty shelves this Christmas, union warns

Lloyds and Halifax to close 48 branches - full list of impacted stores

The Virgin Money branch in Galashiels is set to close on January 26.

Galashiels' Virgin Money branch to close

The UK is set to face a beer and crisp shortage due to a lack of delivery drivers and strike action (Shutterstock)

Why Britain could be set for a beer and crisps shortage

Travel industry leaders said the limited opening up of foreign travel is still not sufficient enough (Photo: Getty Images)

Green list update ‘not enough’ to save summer - despite addition of 14 new count...

In the wake of their heroic efforts nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise (Getty Images)

Nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise - here's how much they are currently paid

The legislation is expected to pass its first vote in Holyrood later today (25 Feb) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Sanitary products will soon be free for everyone in Scotland

SBHA in Selkirk. Work van.

SBHA industrial action suspended
Talks between Scottish Borders Housing Association and Unite will take place in the coming weeks following the suspension of industrial action.