UK strikes expand to passport control, disrupting holiday travel

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4 min read . Updated: 22 Dec 2022, 07:00 PM IST PAUL HANNON, The Wall Street Journal

Passengers at Heathrow Airport in London. (REUTERS) — Passengers at Heathrow Airport in London. (REUTERS)

Heathrow and other airports will see disruptions that have already affected the health service and other transport networks

British passport control staff are set to strike from Friday, becoming the latest government workers to seek wage rises that get closer to matching inflation, a sign that the economic and political turmoil that marked 2022 is far from over.