More than 1,500 bus drivers employed by Arriva in North London will strike next week after negotiations with management collapsed without resolution. The industrial action centres on concerns about excessive heat in buses during driver shifts, with the failed talks indicating management and workers could not reach agreement to avert the planned action.

The strike represents a fresh disruption to London's transport network across North London's routes. It underscores persistent tensions in public transport over working environment standards, with the large workforce action signalling drivers' determination to press their case for improved conditions in their working buses.