Hundreds of teaching staff at Lambeth College are on strike today over funding cuts expected to see scores of staff lose their jobs.

The one day strike has seen some 220 members of Lambeth College University College Union (UCU) join picket lines at the college's centres in Vauxhall, Clapham and Brixton.

The union says it is taking a stand against millions of pounds of Governmnt cuts to the college's adult education budget.

Some £9m has been slashed form the budget since 2006 and a further £3.5m taken away this financial year.

The college has said it expects the equivalent of 26 full-time teachers and support staff to lose their jobs as a result of the funding shortfall.

UCU say some 47 teaching and support staff face redundancy.

Lambeth UCU wants new Government department the Skills Funding Agency to improve further education spending and the college to dig in to reserves of £2.1m to save jobs.

Today's action has seen picket lines outside the college's centres from 7.30am.

At 11am there is a rally outside Clapham Centre and, at 11.20am, a protest march down Clapham High Street to Clapham North Station.

At 1pm the protestors will join other strikers for a London regional march past Parliament.

Ten other London further educations colleges and three university branches are also on strike today.