UK's Hunt says pay talks with public sector workers making progress

British finance minister Jeremy hunt said on Thursday that pay negotiations with the unions representing public sector workers were making "encouraging progress," after half a million Britons walked out on strike over pay on the budget day. "Those pay negotiations are happening now. I think they seem to be making encouraging progress," Hunt told Sky News.

British finance minister Jeremy hunt said on Thursday that pay negotiations with the unions representing public sector workers were making "encouraging progress," after half a million Britons walked out on strike over pay on the budget day.

"Those pay negotiations are happening now. I think they seem to be making encouraging progress," Hunt told Sky News. "We'll wait for news but we want to solve them as quickly as we can."