The action by Occupy London saw around 300 protesters, and a samba band, split off from the main march and approach Panton House, where Xstrata's offices are based. About 60 people managed to gain entrance to the building in Haymarket and unfurled a banner saying “All power to the 99%” from the roof”. Once the police caught up with them some left by their own accord, leaving twenty inside to try and hold the space. They were violently arrested by police and taken outside to the sight of hundreds from the march who had joined to show solidarity and been kettled. Mick Davies was the highest 'compensated' executive in the FTSE 100 in 2011, receiving nearly £18.5million for his efforts as his company lost money and the economy collapsed.

David Cameron did his best to stop his lip from wobbling as he branded the nation's actions as a 'damp squib', declaring that the industrial action would have no effect whatsoever on austerity measures, stating “Britain must live within its means”. If the highest ranking politicians, bankers and businessmen in this country had managed to learn how to do that, it's possible the crippling cuts to essential public services might not be quite so “necessary”.

Despite the devil-may-care attitude, the government has since become a little more uncertain on reaching a definitive plan for the cuts by the end of the year. Ministers leading the pensions talks between government and the unions had, up until the strikes, been hardline in their commitment to reaching an agreement before January 2012. The word now coming out of Downing Street is that no deadline has been set, and they are hoping for a resolution by the end of the year if “unions and government negotiators engaged in a very positive manner”.

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