Why are Harrods staff striking over Christmas - and will it affect Boxing Day shopping?

The potential strikes come in response to rising grievances, particularly over staff shortages and overwork, guarantees on fair pay rises in line with RPI inflation, scrapping the cover charge in restaurants and the need for transparency over the distribution of service charge.

Alice Howick, a waiter at the store, added: 'Harrods should be setting the standard for retail and hospitality workers. Instead, we are earning the living wage and denied basic benefits such as a food allowance and Christmas bonus - something which should be commonplace in a company accumulating millions of pounds in profit year on year.'

'Striking is a last resort for us and will only happen if Harrods continues to be unreasonable in responding to our demands.'

Read at Time Out London