Protests at Nick Clegg's house

In a short statement, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:

In Sheffield, about 40 UK Uncut supporters have gathered outside Nick Clegg's constituency office. There was no sign of any Lib Dem workers. One of the organisers, David Kirkham, said:

"We know that street parties are going to be quite the thing this summer, for one reason or another.

We're here celebrating and partying for some great British institutions, namely, the welfare state, our NHS and the public sector life blood - things that were achieved by our ancestors in the post-war period."

The protest outside Nick Clegg's house in south west London is, according to UK Uncut, "part of a nationwide day of action, seeing anti-cuts street parties take place in ten cities across the UK."

Jean Sandler, 42, UK Uncut supporter said:

“Nick Clegg is one of the architects of austerity; he’s a millionaire and lives in a million pound home.

"The cuts are a political choice of this government and the Cabinet of out of touch millionaires, they are not necessary."

Activists claim up to 300 anti-cuts protesters are gathered outside the south-west London home of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Twitter user @Brixtonite described a 'party atmosphere' on the street in Putney.