Driving examiners to strike over pay claim

Driving examiners and rural payment officers at more than 250 sites across the UK have announced a month of strikes in the first wave of sustained industrial action by civil servants.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Rural Payments Agency will take part in a series of strikes from December 13 to January 16.

These are two of 124 government departments and public bodies that have voted to strike.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “The government is in the position to stop these strikes by putting money on the table. Ministers must know we will not stop until our demands are met.”