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ROAD traffic officers and control room staff will launch a two-day strike from tomorrow in the latest outbreak of industrial action sweeping Britain.

Members of civil servants’ union PCS working for National Highways in South West England and the West Midlands will walk out.

Other National Highways workers will strike on January 3 and 4.

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