HUNDREDS of workers at Falkirk’s Alexander Dennis bus factory began a two-week strike over pay today.

The firm — the biggest manufacturer of double-deckers in the world — infuriated coach builders and spray painters by offering less than 5 per cent in a period covering 2023 and 2024, despite soaring inflation over the last year.

Unite members at the site overwhelmingly rejected the offer, which amounted to a real-terms pay cut, with 81.3 per cent of a 72 per cent turnout backing strike action.