thank you for that, ben philip in aberdeen and i that, ben philip in aberdeen and tomos morgan in cardifft with jonathan blake politics of all of this in a moment withjonathan blake at politics of all of this in a moment with jonathan blake at westminster. first, let's go to our employment correspondent zoe conway in central london. brink is up—to—date on the scale of this, the union suggests this is the biggest set of strike action we have seen in a decade, what is your sense? i action we have seen in a decade, what is your sense?— what is your sense? i am in whitehall, _ what is your sense? i am in whitehall, very _ what is your sense? i am in whitehall, very close - what is your sense? i am in whitehall, very close to - what is your sense? i am in j whitehall, very close to the what is your sense? i am in - whitehall, very close to the prime minister's front door in downing street and unions here are saying over 30,000 people are taking part in this demonstration today and it is certainly very noisy. they expect about half a million people to be out striking today. most people behind m

teachers in scotland have already been on strike in recent weeks. 0ur correspondent ben philip is inon any sign of a possible breakthrough there. this is day 13 of 16 in the latest strike action by teachers by teachers in scotland. members of the eis teaching union have been striking in two different parts of scotland per day since mid—january. today it's the turn of teachers here in aberdeen and also in clackmannanshire. teachers this morning have been taking to picket lines and it's resulted in dozens of schools being closed across the city. it all centres on this pay dispute. teachers in scotland would like a 10% pay uplift, something the scottish government and council bosses have described as unaffordable. the current offer that is on the table is typically worth around 5%, slightly more for lower earners. i think there is a general frustration growing among teachers that a new and improved pay deal hasn't been received. there's a rally ongoing at the moment in the beach ballroom here in aberdeen behind me. and there's really no end in sight to this dispute. further strike dates