There can be delays to driving licences being processed and automobile tax reminders as DVLA workers have introduced 15 days of strike motion subsequent month.

Members of the PCS union have mentioned they are going to stroll out between 11 and 25 June.

Announcing the motion, a union spokesman mentioned: "The workers print materials for DVLA and other government departments, meaning no vehicle tax reminders will be printed, and there will be backlogs for driving licences and tachographs.

"When this body of workers took strike motion in February, the print machines remained switched off."

Politics newest:Health secretary 'desires to see Boris again' as MP in subsequent parliament

Mark Serwotka, the union's common secretary, mentioned: "Managers struggled last time and they'll struggle this time. We're not afraid to turn up the pressure on ministers to achieve our reasonable demands - a fair pay rise to help our members through the cost-of-living crisis and beyond."

The paperwork across the DVLA has struggled for the reason that pandemic.

MPs have heard that - since April 2020 - three million folks have skilled delays with their driving licences.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's system to course of functions for licences is "slow, inefficient and in need of major improvement", the cross-party Public Accounts Committee mentioned.

Members of the PCS union, which incorporates many civil servants and authorities departments, have been embarking on a collection of business actions for the reason that finish of final 12 months.

This consists of greater than 100,000 folks placing in March when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his funds.

Click to subscribe to the Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts

The union is at present weighing up whether or not to name for extra nationwide motion, which might embrace the Passport Office and Border Force, in addition to the DVLA.

The DVLA has been approached for remark.

Content Source: information.sky.com