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Summary Some 750,000 British students are going on strike against the governments pension reforms.
British Prime Minister David Cameron defended his planned reforms to public sector pensions and told the workers planning strike this week that walking out would make matters worse.Up to 750,000 teachers and civil servants, around one in eight public sector workers, are expected to strike on Thursday in protest against changes to their pension schemes designed to save money as Britains population gets older.Schools will close and government offices will also be shut, disrupting the lives of millions of Britons. More strikes could follow later this year if talks between the government and unions fail to bridge the gap over pensions.Pension reform is part of the governments effort to effectively wipe out a record budget deficit by 2015. Like other European governments, the Conservative-led coalition says reform is needed to make pensions affordable when people are living longer.
