WORKERS striking for Covid safety at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) in Swansea won the unanimous backing of their PCS union conference today.

Delegates demanded the resignation of Transport Secretary Grant Shapps after hearing that he was the prime suspect for scuppering a deal that could have ended the dispute.

More than 600 Covid cases have been reported in recent weeks at the DVLA, where months of stoppages have followed management’s failure to introduce adequate safety measures.