David Cameron admits day of action was 'obviously a big strike'

for days for comments after this 24-hour strike by public sector workers was "damp squib", but described the action as unnecessary

David Cameron admitted that the 24-hour strike by public sector workers was "obviously a big strike," just a day after telling members that the day of action on Wednesday was a "damp squib".

But the Prime Minister said that the mass strike of workers belonging to 29 public sector unions in vain because the government will push through pension reforms that were needed just for public sector workers and taxpayers.

In an interview on ITV, this morning, Cameron was also reluctant to condemn the comments made by Jeremy Clarkson BBC presenter, who caused a scandal when he told viewers on the night Wednesday that the striking workers in the public sector must be "caught and executed in front of their families."

Dam asked Clarkson, Cameron. "Obviously, it was foolish to say and I'm sure it meant I did not see the comment, but I'm sure ... this is absurd. "

The Prime Minister also stressed the autumn statement issued by Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday was just claims and challenged the government's austerity measures would worsen the poverty of children and most affected the poorest.

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went first to the biggest strike in the country has seen in 30 years after being interviewed by Philip Schofield in his application of Commons that participation was a "damp squid".

Pressed by the presenter to explain why he chose to play for the strike - to the fury of the unions - the Prime Minister said: "Obviously, it was a great strike, but I think that compared with what the unions told us to wait - nine of 10 schools closed and chaos border -. not seen as Heathrow and Gatwick has worked well, about 40% of schools were open, only a small number of employment centers have been closed

figures produced by the government on Wednesday showed that 62% of schools had closed for the day, and another 14% were partially closed. Only 16% of public schools were open as usual. The impact on the remaining 8% is not known.

The Cabinet Office said that almost 900,000 people who were on strike on health, public administration and local government. The final figure for teachers was not available - which suggests a bottom line more than a million

Cameron said he understood why the strikers "firmly believes" on the subject, but said the government pension plans were just for public sector workers and taxpayers.

Speaking of mass strikes, causing marches across the country, said Mr Cameron. . "Gallardo will not accomplish anything, especially when negotiations take place, I think it's irresponsible, there are ongoing negotiations. I'm sure he can be brought to a conclusion, but we finally need to ensure that public sector pensions are good for public sector workers, but affordable for everyone who goes to work and contribute to them. "

• talks on the civil service and pension plans for teachers are due to take place, with more talks packages for health workers on Friday, and local government employees Monday.

Cameron added. "The key now is that we will go ahead and agree on the future of public sector pensions What was disappointing, frankly, what happened yesterday is that negotiations were ongoing and I do not think that is liable to strike, when you talk. "

Prime Minister was also taken to the task of figures published in the autumn statement on Tuesday indicates that child poverty will increase by 100,000 in the coming years.

Analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has confirmed that low-income groups are most affected by recent government cutbacks.
Cameron suggests that the expected increase in child poverty was a statistical anomaly caused by the "illogical" that is recorded in relation to average income, rather than an absolute measure.

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