Key points
- Thousands of public sector workers strike over pay and pensions
- Those on strike include teachers, civil servants, coastguards, civilian police staff and prison staff
- Department of Education says more than 11,000 state schools in England and Wales - about half - were affected by the strike
- The government says 75% of civil servants are not on strike, with 100,000 civil servants striking
- Courts and probation services have been disrupted, and driving tests cancelled
- Services at Jobcentres and tax and benefit offices were also disrupted
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