Public sector workers march through Manchester city centre, as workers around the country stage the biggest general strike for decadesPhotograph: Dave Thompson/PAMarchers gather in central ManchesterPhotograph: Jon Super/APPublic sector workers disperse after attending a rally in Bradford Photograph: John Giles/PA
Demonstrators march with trade union placards in Manchester Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty ImagesHealth workers demonstrate outside St Thomas' hospital in LondonPhotograph: Sang Tan/APPublic sector workers march in London in protest at pension cutsPhotograph: Graeme Robertson for the GuardianStrikers walk behind a large banner as thousands take part in a march in LiverpoolPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesDemonstrators march through Bristol city centre Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesPublic sector workers take industrial action on a picket line outside Mill Hill depot Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesA bus carrying union members drives through Parliament Square in LondonPhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersA man wears a banner as he stands outside St Thomas's Hospital in Westminster, LondonPhotograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APA public service protest over pensions outside the gates of the Stormont parliament building in Belfast, Northern IrelandPhotograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty ImagesCouncil workers set up early morning picket lines at Bolton town hallPhotograph: Christopher Thomond for the GuardianDemonstrators stand outside the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersRadiographers from the Royal Liverpool Hospital stand on the picket line with a skeleton they have named 'Dave' Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesUnison president Eleanor Smith (left) leads health workers out on strike at the Birmingham Women's Hospital at midnight Photograph: David Jones/PAPublic sector workers from the PCS Union on a picket line outside the Port of Dover in Kent Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAA striker stands outside City Hall in central London Photograph: Chris Helgren/ReutersA placard outside the high court in central London Photograph: Chris Helgren/ReutersPassengers walk through Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport. Plane arrivals and take-offs at Britain's biggest airport were largely unaffected by today's strike, with just a few cancellations of inbound transatlantic flights on Wednesday morningPhotograph: Steve Parsons/PAPublic sector workers on a picket line outside Turnpike House in Salford Photograph: Dave Thompson/PAUnite members strike outside the Liverpool entrance to the Birkenhead Tunnel which has been closed for the day Photograph: Martin Rickett/PABilly Bowman, a bus driver for 30 years, protesting outside the Short Strand bus depot in Belfast, where 200 buses are off the road Photograph: Paul Faith/PA
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