Strike action is set to close schools in Perth and Kinross for two weeks after the largest council union rejected a national pay deal. The walkout by Unison members is due to begin on 21 October and will affect 50 schools and early years centres.

The walkouts are set to begin immediately after the October holiday, meaning schools could be shut for a full month.

Parents across Perth and Kinross could see their children without school for an additional fortnight after the October break this month.

Union warns strike will close schools in John Swinney’s constituency - Unison said it hoped that targeting schools in Perth and Kinross would ‘bring home’ to the First Minister the need to resolve the pay dispute.

Schools and early years centres in First Minister John Swinney's constituency could close for two weeks due to targeted strike action by a union amid a row over pay.