{"id":44596,"date":"2014-07-03T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4962ad3e6228497ef319291d6724ce2b"},"modified":"2014-07-10T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T15:19:17","slug":"news-story-driving-examiner-strike-on-thursday-10-july-candidates-urged-to-attend-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44596","title":{"rendered":"News story: Driving examiner strike: cancelled tests will be rebooked at no further cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated with advice for driving test candidates who had their test cancelled because of strike action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Some driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service union took strike action on Thursday 10 July 2014.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t have to contact the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to rebook if you couldn\u2019t take your test because of the strike action. You should hear from the agency with a new test date within 5 to 10 working days.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/change-date-practical-driving-test\">change the new test date<\/a> if it doesn\u2019t suit you.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"out-of-pocket-expenses\">Out-of-pocket expenses<\/h2>\n<p>You can claim out-of-pocket expenses if your test was cancelled, but you must have turned up for your test to do this. If you didn\u2019t turn up, you\u2019ll have to rebook your own test and you won\u2019t be able to claim expenses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/application-for-refunding-out-of-pocket-expenses\">Find out how to claim out-of-pocket expenses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving test candidates who had their test cancelled because of strike action will have their test rebooked at no further cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44879,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44596\/revisions\/44879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}