Tax Workers Strike Over Pay

Nearly 7 thousand Scottish tax workers are striking as part of an ongoing dispute over job cuts and office closures.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union are walking out on the day tax credit renewals and self assessment payments were due to be lodged.

HM Revenue and Customs has extended the deadline for tax credits and self assessment payments to next Wednesday. 

2,000 workers have lost their jobs across the UK recently, and all 281 walk-in tax enquiry centres are being shut.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "HMRC plays an essential role in our economy and our society, collecting the taxes that fund the other public services we all rely on. But it is being systematically undermined by unnecessary and politically-motivated cuts.

"These strikes demonstrate we are serious about stopping these damaging cuts and making a positive case for proper investment in this crucial department."

Thomas Dolan is regional organiser for Dundee: