Border Force staff patrolling the English Channel on boats are being balloted for strike action amid a dispute over their pay, conditions, and “frozen” allowances. Around 120 Border Force Maritime staff are members of the civil service union PCS…
PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote said:
“It is a disgrace that our members have been waiting six years for this situation to be resolved. Although it’s shameful that managers need a strike ballot to focus their minds, it’s clear that our members are not prepared to be messed around any longer.”
The ballot is open until 17 October. Meanwhile, since Labour announced the vaunted ‘one in, one out’ deal with France, more than 10,000 small boat migrants have crossed the Channel. Only four have been returned…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”