Hundreds of public sector workers are out on strike across Lambeth today in a dispute over the Government's proposals to change their pensions.

Unions taking action include Unite, Unison, the GMB and several representing teachers with as many as two million of their members having walked out across the country.

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UPDATE: 3:30pm Some more of your Tweets:

Jason Cobb (@Jason_Cobb) said: "So @ChukaUmunna is basically saying if you are on strike, vote for me, if you aren't on strike, vote for me."

Green party candidate for Lambeth and Southwark, Jonathan Bartley (@jon_bartley), said: "Streatham MP @ChukaUmunna says strike "great inconvenience for all constituents" - those striking/ supporting no longer 'constituents'? #N30"

@SaveLamthLibs said: "All Lambeth libraries are closed today as staff join the national #N30strike. Well done & good luck."

UPDATE: 3:15pm Head of Lambeth NUT, Ray Sirotkin, was one of hundreds of protesters in Brixton this morning and has now joined thousands of people in Embankment.

He said: “[The protest] is going brilliantly in terms of support for our cause. We are glad to see the public are overwhelmingly with us. All the unions from education are out.

“I do not think anybody believes the government anymore and the problem is there are no prospects of anything improving.

“The only way to stop further action is for the government to realise how dreadful their policy has been.”

UPDATE: 3:00pm In a statement on behalf of the Liberal Democrat group in Lambeth, Councillor Jeremy Clyne said: “We don’t yet know the impact of today’s industrial action, however we are particularly concerned that services to any vulnerable residents should not be affected.”

UPDATE: 1:00pm As an estimated 500 people march from Windrush Square, Leader of Lambeth Council, Councillor Steve Reed, said he "regrets" today's strike action but said the Government was ultimately responsible for the disruption of public services.

He said: “I regret strikes that cause disruption to people who rely on public services, but the blame for them lies with the Government who have blindly refused to negotiate properly with the unions and are trying to impose an unfair pensions tax that would see money siphoned out of people’s pension funds and into the Treasury.”

UPDATE: 1:00pm More photos of protesters in Brixton from @Brixtonite and Lambeth SOS.

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UPDATE: 12:50pm Lambeth residents have been sharing more thoughts about the protest on Twitter.

Streatham Labour Party Chair, Catriona Ogilvy (@catriona_ogilvy), tweets: “As a public sector worker & new mum I'm feeling pretty down today - government definitely not on my side #pmqs #solidarity #nov30”

While Crystal Palace resident, Chris Marshall (@chris5156) tweets: “Anyway, enough politics. Strikers gonna strike, haters gonna hate, etc. I have Christmas cards to buy.”

UPDATE: 12:25pm Ambulance bosses say a high number of emergency calls is putting more strain on a service already under “considerable pressure” because of the strikes.

A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: “Londoners should use us wisely and should only call for an ambulance in a genuine emergency.”

They asked patients to use GPs, pharmacists or walk-in centres if possible – or to make their own way to hospital.

UPDATE: 12:15pm @Brixtonite tweets: "Beep if you support teachers" < and everyone is! #lambethteachers #N30 Your Local Guardian: Lambeth teachers

In a second tweet, @Brixtonite, a teacher from Brixton, said: "We teach about unions and striking as part of the Citizenship curriculum. Going to picket line simply an extension of that."

UPDATE: 12:00pm Protesters are building up to a huge march in Windrush Square, Brixton.

Ruth Cashman, a library worker in Streatham, West Norwood and Brixton described the atmosphere as “fantastic”.

She said: “People walking past are being very supportive because they know it is about more than our pensions. In terms of my work mates, pretty much every person is out. There are two people out of 100 who have gone to work.”

Mandy Brown from Lambeth UCU said: “It is really busy. Everyone is singing Buffalo Soldier and people are dancing.”

On Twitter, Councillor Pete Robbins, cabinet member for children and young people, said: “Yesterday showed exactly why this Government has to go. #solidarity to everyone out today #n30”

UPDATE: 11:15am Streatham MP Chuka Umunna has issued a joint statement on the strikes with Tessa Jowell, MP for West Norwood and Dulwich, and Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall.

They said: "A strike is a sign of failure which results in huge disruption and great inconvenience for all of our constituents which we could not condone. So the government and the trade unions must do all they can to thrash out a deal – this will involve compromise on both sides.

"However, we cannot condemn those who faithfully serve our communities for taking industrial action. To do so would be to ignore the fact that the decision to go on strike is not one any of our constituents who work in the public sector take lightly - they feel they have been left with no other option by a government which has imposed a 3% surcharge on thousands of workers and instead of engaging in constructive dialogue, has indulged in irresponsible brinkmanship with minsters taking to the airwaves, ramping up rhetoric and refusing to negotiate.

"Ministers are, in effect, imposing a 3% tax rise on thousands of public sector workers who are approaching retirement, including many who work part time such as dinner ladies and nursing assistants – the monies raised by the 3% extra contribution demanded of them are not going into the various public sector pension funds but are going straight to the Treasury.

"This has nothing to do with the long-term sustainability of public sector pensions.

"Public sector pensions need to be reformed which is why, in government, Labour negotiated a deal under which the cost of public sector pensions was not allowed to become unsustainable. But this government acts as though it is happy to see a disruptive strike, rather than working flat out and leaving no stone unturned to reach an agreement."

UPDATE: 10:35am On Twitter, @StReathamSoul posted a picture of workers forming a picket line outside Lambeth Town Hall.

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Lambeth resident Adam Khan @adamskhan tweeted: "I am not on strike and my thoughts are that it is a disgrace that people are allowed to strike at times like these."

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