Dock workers numbering almost 600 at the Port of Liverpool are taking part in another week of strike action after their demands for better wages and working conditions were not met.

As ITV News reports, they include port operatives and engineers, who began two weeks of strike action on 19 September as Afloat previously reported.

Unite said the port's dock masters, shift managers and vessel traffic services officers are also preparing to be balloted for strike action.

The workers' union said its members were angry at a pay offer of around 8.3% when inflation was in double figures.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Peel Ports’ plan is to pile up even more profit at the expense of its workers and their families.

"These regurgitated, months-old plans are simply a desperate attempt to intimidate workers. It won’t work."

More here including a response from Peel Ports, the operator of the north-west England port on Merseyside.