Jeremy Hunt’s budget failing to help public service in crisis, say teachers

Striking teachers marching in central London on Wednesday. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Jeremy Hunt’s budget failed to help a public sector at “crisis point”, striking teachers said on Wednesday as they demonstrated in Trafalgar Square.

The National Education Union’s action in England was part of the largest day of stoppages since the wave of strikes began last year, with more than 400,000 workers across sectors striking because of pay disputes.