60% of schools in England were closed and 6,000 hospital operations cancelled as up to two million public sector workers went on strike.
[1] The strike actions resulted in disruption of services including The Department for Education said 58% of 21,700 state schools in England were closed, with 13% of these partially shut down.
In the health sector, NHS managers estimated that some 6,000 out of 30,000 routine operations had been cancelled throughout the UK, as well as tens of thousands of appointments.
Four arrests were made ahead of the national rally in London, two for assaulting an officer and two for possession of a weapon.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that the strike was a "damp squib", with many key services continuing to operate.