Maps of the Council's gritting routes by priority and policy are available online at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting. The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time.
Border Force guards at locations in England, Scotland and Wales are to take strike action for eight days over Christmas. PCS members employed by the Home Office on passport control will take action at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow airports on December 23, 24, 25, 26 28, 29 and 30 and 31.
More than 33,000 PCS members in the civil service are to be re-balloted so they can potentially join national strike action in the new year over pay, pensions, changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme and jobs. In our record-breaking ballot results announced last month we broke through the 50% legal strike threshold in 124 employers and our first wave of strikes begins next week.
Driving examiners and rural payment officers across the UK have announced strike dates in the first wave of sustained industrial action by civil servant members of PCS. Workers at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, including driving examiners, staff in the call centre, driving instructor examiners and local driving test managers, are to take action on a rolling regional basis starting in Scotland and Northern from 13-18 December.
Our rolling programme of action across the UK will see members at 4 DWP offices take strike action on certain dates between 19 to 31 December as part of our strategy of targeted action, with the potential of more to come. Our national strike ballot on pay, pensions, jobs and cuts to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme closed last month and we received a positive result for strike action in many areas of the civil service, including DWP.
RMT members have strongly condemned ticket office closure plans which will negatively affect the disabled and elderly and increase the understaffing of stations. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, RMT can reveal that 98% of ticket office staff who took part in our survey say government plans will mean accessing the network will be harder for the elderly and disabled.
Rail union RMT has decided to put a new offer from Network Rail to members in an electronic referendum with a recommendation to reject which will close next Monday, December 12 at Noon. All strike action planned for December 13,14, 16 and 17 will go ahead as planned.
Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth today officially opened the recently complete £8million redevelopment of Aberdeen railway station. Ms Gilruth joined Alex Hynes, Scotland's Railway Managing Director, for the event.
Travel across the north of Scotland is facing disruption over the festive period after staff at 11 regional airports backed industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite voted by 73.5% in favour of strike action, and by 92.8% in favour of action short of a strike.
Disruption caused by strikes at Royal Mail making posting earlier than ever is the only sure way to get letters, cards and parcels to your friends and relatives on time for Christmas. Rail strikes may also add to delays where mail is transported by trains.
From yesterday (5 December) RCN Scotland members working in the NHS can have their say on the Scottish government's revised pay offer for 2022-23. Members eligible to take part in the ballot are being asked to accept or reject the Scottish government's latest offer.
The Scottish Secondary Teachers Associations strikes are separate from those organised by the EIS and due to lower membership may not impact as heavily on particular schools. The first day of action this month for this union is 7 December.
According to BRC-Sensormatic IQ data footfall fell in the period 30 October - 26 November 2022. Total UK footfall decreased by 13.3% in November (Yo3Y), 1.5 percentage points worse than October.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow in the north islands and northern Highlands of Scotland for Wednesday 7th December 2022. Take all the usual precautions for very cold weather.
The latest updates for strikes called y the CWU are for action as follows - national strike action on 9, 11, 14 and 15 December 2022. Royal Mail are warning of sever disruption to services at what is one of the busiest times of the year.
People in the UK might be tempted to keep their heating turned off to offset the large increases in energy bills this winter. A recent YouGov poll, revealed that 21% of respondents would not turn their heating on until at least November.
The unprecedented rise in energy costs this winter has many people asking how to reduce their bills. In a typical UK home, around 80% of the total energy used in a year goes towards heating space and water, so any change in heating makes a big difference.
Plans set out to amend NHS pension rules to retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning from retirement Proposals will enable staff to work more flexibly up to and beyond retirement age and protect from excessively high tax charges. Reforms will help open up extra appointments so patients can see their GP and hospital consultants more quickly.
Today's road report from Highland council shows that things are not to bad but this will change over the next few days so make sure if traveling that you are prepared especially for Wednesday when snow is forecast. Maps of the Council's gritting routes by priority and policy are available online at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time.
