UK grinds to a halt as half a million march against govt cuts




on Jun 30, 2011
To the UK now, where up to three quarters of a million public sector workers are preparing for industrial action. They're voicing their opposition to planned changes to their pensions and pay, both part of the government's austerity measures. A third of schools are expected to close, with court hearings postponed and UK airports bracing themselves for disruption.


  on Jun 30, 2011
The United Kingdom will witness the biggest strike it has ever seen for several years and this is all a part of British Prime Minister David Cameron's austerity drive, a political analyst says.

Interview with Mehdi Hasan, the senior editor of New Statesman in London

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