London Metropolitan Police (UNITE) Strike Calendar

There will be disruption to London Metropolitan Police services this New Year's Eve - one of the most hectic days of the year for the UK's biggest force - as 175 workers will walk out in a dispute over pay. The workers, members of Unite, work for Met CC as call centre staff, recording crime reports and also within the Met's fleet services as technicians and office staff servicing and dispatching vehicles such as police cars and motorbikes. They have voted to take 25 hours of strike action starting at 6am on New Year’s Eve as they have not had a pay increase from the Met for 2025/26. This is despite the fact the Met has paid a 4.2 per cent pay rise to police officers and all other forces in the UK have given both police officers and staff the 4.2 per cent increase. Instead, the Met Police has put forward two provisional offers. The first is a below-RPI pay increase of 3.8 per cent, while the second is a 4.2 per cent offer, conditional on workers accepting vastly inferior conditions.