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Striking UK teachers protest in London as Chancellor delivers budget

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Images show UK teachers protesting in London as the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, presents his first budget to Parliament. The UK has been hit by a fresh wave of industrial action, with junior doctors, teachers, BBC journalists, civil servants and transport workers all walking out over pay which unions say has not kept up with the rate of inflation, which remains above 10 percent. The government says pay demands are unaffordable and will only serve to worsen the economic situation. IMAGES

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