Arriva bus strike begins

Hundreds of bus workers in Kent have walked out in a dispute over pay, on the day many children go back to school.

About 600 workers employed by Arriva backed the strike after the company made a pay offer of 10%.

The Unite union, which organised the industrial action, said the firm ‘had chosen not to’ give a decent pay rise.

A spokesman for Arriva said, with regard to the strike, that it was ‘extremely disappointed for its customers’.