CIVIL servants held a one-day strike in protest over Government plans to axe 100,000 jobs.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working at Lewisham Jobcentre, Holbeach Road, Catford, walked out on Friday.
They were part of a nationwide-strike, the biggest industrial action in the civil service since 1993, affecting services ranging from driving licences to benefit offices, customs and tax collection.
Union leaders say they are concerned about pensions as well as the cut in jobs.
Branch secretary Robin Smith said: "The people the Government is seeking to axe aren't bowler-hatted Sir Humphries based in Whitehall or faceless bureaucrats. They provide vital services that touch everybody's lives from cradle to grave."
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