"It seems that the Tory party's austerity agenda may have had its day."

UNIONS hailed a strike by up to two million public sector workers as “historic” yesterday as they angrily rejected claims by the British prime minister that the biggest walkout in a generation had been a “damp squib”.

A strike by up to 750,000 teachers, civil servants and other public sector workers in the UK is set to go ahead after crunch talks with the Government today failed to end a bitter row over pensions and spending cuts.