More than a quarter of a million passengers arriving in thousands of flights to the UK today have been warned of delays due to strikes by Border Force staff.
The walkout will affect travellers at Heathrow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Gatwick, Glasgow and Manchester airports, and the port of Newhaven in East Sussex.
The Border Force staff will be joined by employees at the National Highways, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the Royal Mail.
The National Highways workers in London and the South East will continue their four-day walkout which started on Thursday.
Postal service staff will stage a walkout in a move that the Royal Mail has criticised as “a cynical attempt to hold Christmas to ransom”. This will be the fifth day of strikes by the postal service staff.
While workers will continue their strike into Saturday, staff represented by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Abellio London bus workers and Environment Agency employees will launch separate action.
Meanwhile, motorists are being warned to prepare for long queues as an estimated 16.9 million journeys will be made across the UK.
