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Passport Staff on Strike

23rd July 2008 Up to 2,900 staff working for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will begin a three day strike today (Wed 23 July), in the latest industrial action over the government's policy to cap public sector pay and close offices.

The three day stoppage, hitting the UK’s seven regional passport offices and 68 interview offices, will lead to the cancellation of passport interviews and delay the issuing of passports during one of the busiest periods of the year.

Passport staff are furious over the pay offer which leads to the longest serving passport staff receiving no pay rise at all for the fifth year in a row.

The seven regional passport offices affected by the strike are: London, Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow, Peterborough, Newport and Durham.

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