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Thousands of university staff at University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, says UNISON.

Cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers voted to strike over what they are calling a ‘ludicrously-low’ pay offer.

The workers, some of the lowest paid in the higher education sector, will walk out after rejecting a 3 per cent pay award from the University and Colleges Employers Association in May, the union says.

Staff had asked for a pay increase 2 per cent above the rate of inflation,

With inflation topping 10 per cent and further increases on the way, the award effectively represents a pay cut, the union says.

Staff in more than 20 universities across the UK will stage a series of strikes later in the year.

Employees from four universities in Scotland, one in Northern Ireland and 17 in England will take action.

University staff in Leeds threaten walkout over pay