15:40, Brighton: Rally takes its place in history

UNISON assistant general secretary Karen Jennings tells Brighton: ‘This is history in the making’

UNISON condemns Department of Health strike figures

DOH set to fiddle figures on turnout

11:17, Birmingham: We can do this if we stand together

Strikers in Birmingham say pensions attack is the final straw

11:59, London: GLA workers defy Boris

‘It’s a difficult and brave step for these members to strike’

15:04, Cambridge: Reality of life on ‘gold-plated’ pension

NHS worker reveals truth behind ‘gold-plated’ lies

15:10, Leeds: ‘We are being scapegoated’

‘ It is not local authority pensions that has left a big hole in government coffers’

14:37, London: Ambulance staff stand together

Ambulance staff in London among first on picket lines this morning

NHS strike solid support across the UK

More than 400,000 on strike

Solid support for the strike across the country

Hundreds of thousands join the action

Dave Prentis’ speech to Birmingham rally

Millions of ordinary working people make history today

14:20, Glasgow: 10,000 descend on Barrowlands

More than 10,000 trade unionists and supporters marched through the streets of Glasgow in defence of pensions fairness this afternoon.

Nottingham: We can win this struggle – rally told

Nottingham rally told biggest UK strike since 1926 “is a struggle we can win”

12:47, Bristol: Thousands attending rally

‘A great turnout’

13:10, Durham: ‘Amazing’ morning on Northern picket lines

“It has been an absolutely amazing morning,” UNISON northern region activist Julie Wynn says.

11:40, Brighton: First-time strikers on picket lines

‘The worse thing we can do is nothing’: NHS and university staff show their anger in Brighton