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WATCH: Traffic stopped and bus services halted as huge crowds of striking workers march down Oxford Road

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Huge crowds of striking workers marched through Manchester city centre this morning on the day of the Chancellor's Budget announcement.

Members of a number of different unions joined forces for the march down Oxford Road - one of Manchester's busiest bus routes.

Junior doctors, teachers, civil servants and university staff all set off from the Manchester Royal Infirmary at 11am, before marching down Oxford Road, onto Oxford Street and to St Peter's Square.

Many carried posters, banners and placards protesting over pay, jobs, pensions, conditions and cuts. Some bus services had to be halted briefly while the march took place, while traffic was also stopped on the main road. READ MORE: Hospitals see busiest Monday of the year at A&Es - despite being hugely down on doctors as strikes continue Workers involved included junior doctors from the British Medical Association, civil servants from the Public and Commercial Services Union, university staff from the University and College Union and teachers from the National Education Union.

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