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Energy bills for a typical household will rise by more than £100 a year under regulator Ofgem's new cap

Day of protest against rising energy prices

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

Drop-off and pick-up taxi fares are rising at Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport strikes over holidays avoided after pay deal reached

Under 22s are entitled to free bus travel in Scotland (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Put a 7pm curfew on free under 22 bus passes - John McLellan

"Already there are driver shortages, and, without drivers, services cannot grow and improve. More buses and more jobs can only be good for people and the country."

84 per cent of bus drivers say abuse has increased in the last year

The winter fuel payment cut is hitting millions of pensioners

Union threatens legal action over Labour's Winter Fuel Payment cuts

Hours spent poring over the business case for the Newhaven tram line to expose the reality of how blithe some politicians can be with public money was a salutary experience, says Sue Webber. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Tram workers strike avoided after union secures deal over rest breaks

Closure of Grangemouth oil refinery set to go ahead

Sarah Boyd

Bus boss backs confiscating free passes from troublesome youngsters

Tram staff back strike action over inadequate comfort breaks

The August 2022 bin strike took place during Edinburgh's busiest time of year for tourists

Bin strikes called off after new pay offer

The Edinburgh bin strike in August 2022 left rubbish strewn in the streets

Bin strikes: When walk-outs are planned and how it will affect waste

Overflowing bins in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh where cleansing workers from the City of Edinburgh Council took part in strike action last year over a pay dispute.

Bin strike talks 'positive' and 'productive'

ScotRail workers will be balloted over strike action. Picture: John Devlin

Hundreds of ScotRail workers to ballot on strike action

Council leaders to ask Scottish Government to fund pay settlement

Unite claims a new timetable and signalling problems have delayed trams. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA)

Tram workers to vote on strike action over conditions
More than 160 Edinburgh tram workers have indicated they are prepared to strike over conditions which union bosses say are leading to ‘stress and infections’.
Neil Johnstone

Bin strike looms larger as unions reject latest pay offer

The Lanzarote- bound flight was forced to return to Edinburgh Airport following a disturbance. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Airport workers get 11.9 per cent pay rise

Airport ground crew secure 7.4 per cent deal

Ad Feature Unite warns Labour to re-think North Sea ban to save jobs

Union says 96 jobs to go in Tennent's depot closure

Banking group TSB has said it is closing 36 branches - including the bank on Leith Walk in Edinburgh. Photo: Google Street View

TSB set to close Edinburgh and East Lothian bank branches

The Unite union said Miller & Carter Steakhouse, who have a restaurant in Frederick Street, has introduced a highly controversial policy in around a third of its restaurants, where front of house servers must give up to two per cent of their gross sales to the kitchen, bar, and management. Photo: Google Street View

Restaurant chain with city venue slammed for ‘atrocious tip policy'

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hundreds trades workers to walkout in pay row

Edinburgh Council's SNP group leader Adam Nols-McVey

SNP remains the party of workers - Adam Nols-McVey

A one-day school strike by Unison members in Edinburgh and three other Scottish council areas have been suspended while the union holds a ballot on an improved pay offer.

School strikes off after improved pay offer

School strikes are set to go ahead on Wednesday, November 8. Picture: Michael Gillen

School strikes: All the schools which will be open to pupils next week
Only four high schools to fully open in Edinburgh next Wednesday
Kevin Quinn

School support staff who are Unison members will walk out in Edinburgh next Wednesday, November 8.

Primary and special schools to close due to strike action

Edinburgh's Comely Bank Road flooded by a burst water main on nearby Comely Bank Avenue - Scottish Water workers were called to the scene to unblock drains as the street began to fill with water.

Flood response could be hit by Scottish Water strike

School support workers, who are members of Unison, on the picket line at Royal Mile Primary School in Edinburgh. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

In pictures: Strike brings picket lines to city schools

Strikes in 24 of Scotland’s local authorities are set to go ahead this week after councils and a trade union failed to reach an agreement over the weekend.

Edinburgh schools to shut for three days this week

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

Ground staff at Edinburgh Airport have voted to accept an improved pay offer, lifting the threat of strike action. Picture: Dan Phillips.

Summer travel chaos averted as airport staff back pay deal

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

Passengers at Edinburgh airport could face a summer of travel disruption after staff voted to strike over pay. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Travel chaos fear as airport staff vote to strike

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

Unite members at Edinburgh Airport are being balloted on strike action which the union says could lead to travel chaos this summer.

Travel chaos threat as airport workers balloted on strike action

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 SAsÂ British AirwaysÂ 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

Bell Rock Lighthouse
Photo by Ian Rutherford

Lighthouse workers warn sea beacons 'could go out' if strikes approved

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

Capital Cars has won the bid for Edinburgh Airport

Taxi services from airport now to be provided by private hire company

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

Edinburgh-headquartered Tesco Bank was founded in 1997 and has thousands of people working across its main centres in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Reigate.

Thousands of Scottish Tesco Bank workers to get £1,250 'cost-of-living' pay rise

The Unite union says guarantees are needed about wages and conditions with Leith's new green freeport.

Union seeks guarantees on workers' rights in freeport

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

Workers voted to accept pay offer

Crippling strikes NHS called off after workers accept pay offer

Workers started a 2-week strike at Charlotte Square on Monday

Homeless charity workers walk out over pay row