Richmond streets could face disruption ahead of Christmas as parking wardens strike.

GMB, the union for local government, are 'warning of Christmas chaos' across the streets of south London as parking wardens across four London boroughs take two days of strike action.

The members employed by Apcoa work within the boroughs of Kingston, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth and are taking action in a dispute that has already seen them strike for a week in November.

GMB say the parking wardens will not be working on Monday 23 or Tuesday 24 December, which will see little civil enforcement across the boroughs on the two days before Christmas Day.

Alex Etches, GMB Regional Organiser said: "As we stated last time these members took action, these members not only generate revenue for the boroughs, but also keep traffic moving and keep the streets clear.

"Our members deserve a decent pay rise that reflects the difficult and sometimes dangerous job they do for the boroughs' residents.

"Apcoa need to agree to meet us, agree to negotiate with us properly and perhaps we can avoid this sort of unnecessary disruption to residents and local businesses going forward."

A Richmond Council spokesperson told Nub News: "We are disappointed that an agreement could not be reached between our contractor APCOA and GMB Union, which has led to a number of our enforcement officers taking industrial action this week.

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"While not a party in the negotiations, the Council has kept close sight of the situation and has worked with APCOA to get mitigations in place to ensure the industrial action does not impact our residents."

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