LONDON (AP) — Paramedics, emergency crews, teachers and even some employees from the prime minister’s offi ce took to the streets of Britain for the country’s largest strike in decades — drawing attention to government cuts but failing to bring the nation to a standstill.
Public sector employees staged the one-day walkout Wednesday over government demands that they work longer before receiving a pension and pay more in monthly contributions, part of austerity measures to tackle Britain’s 967 billion pound ($1.5 trillion) debt.
 
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