Boxing Day strikes: thousands face travel chaos across Britain as action by railway and Border Force workers continues –as it happened

Railways closed because of RMT strike while 1,000 Border Force staff in PCS union continue action. This blog is now closed

Barclaycard, the credit card firm, predicts that the average person will spend 229 in the post-Christmas sales, 18 less than last year, which can be partly attributed to the cost-of-living crisis.

The AA also forecasts that 15.2m cars will be on the roads during the day.