As it happened: National strike

Key points

• Public sector workers went on strike over pension reforms in what unions called the biggest walkout for a generation.
• About 67% of UK state schools shut, with thousands more partially closed, while the NHS cancelled 7,000 operations, the government said.
• PM David Cameron described strike as "something like a damp squib", but Labour leader Ed Miliband accused him of "spoiling for this fight".