Government says only 100,000 out on strike
The Government has said the vast majority of public sector workers have been working normal hours today and that disruption to public services has been minimal.
- In total around 100,00 civil servants are on strike, down from 146,000 in November
- Across the UK nine out of over 700 job centres are closed
- Across the UK four out of 504 courts have are closed
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