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Potential Industrial Action - Friday 6 October

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is preparing for planned industrial action. This is for UNISON members employed by the council.

This is in relation to a pay dispute relating to the pay award for 2023/24. If the issue is not resolved, UNISON intend to take strike action on 6 October and commence an ongoing period of work to rule from Monday 9 October. 

If industrial action does go ahead, we will have to delay green bin and bulky waste collection services on Friday 6 October to allow us to prioritise collecting your household and recycling waste. Garden waste collections that were due on Friday 6 will be moved to Saturday 7 if the action is taken by UNISON.

Most of our services will be delivered as normal, and you can stay up to date with all the latest information about any disruption to services. 

How do I let you know of a change of circumstance?

You can use the form below to tell us about any change in your circumstances. The form will also give you a list of any additional documents you need to give us, to support your change in circumstances.

Tell us about a change of circumstance

You must tell us immediately of any changes to your circumstances so we can make sure you get the correct amount of benefit.

Examples of the type of things you should tell us about:

  • changes to your or your partner’s income, such as earnings or pensions

  • changes to any savings, investments etc you or your partner have (you're not entitled if you have savings of £16,000)

  • if you move home

  • if you or your partner start working (you may be entitled to an extended payment if you have been unemployed for a long time)

  • if you or your partner stop working

  • if someone comes to live with you or someone living with you moves out

  • your rent has changed

  • you or partner are going to be away from home for more than four weeks.

If you are not sure what you must tell us about, please tell us anyway and we will let you know if it affects your claim.

If your benefit is overpaid because you didn’t tell us of a change, you will have to pay the money back. See How We Deal with Overpayments  and our Overpayment Policy [PDF, 0.3MB] for more information.

We use electronic scanners to check and verify identity documents from all customers applying to access council services. We will scan documents with a product called Trust ID

Remember – it is a criminal offence not to tell us about a change that affects your benefit claim!