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The more moderate Association of Teachers and Lecturers voted against taking part in the strike, although the union warned its members were likely to get increasingly "militant" if ministers continued to ignore their campaign.
The Department for Education and Skills has insisted it will not agree to the unions' demands and told them striking damaged children's education.
But NUT general secretary Doug McAvoy said: "London schools are suffering a severe recruitment crisis.
"They can't hold on to their teachers either because they can't afford to live in the capital - they are either leaving the profession entirely or leaving to work in areas where it is less expensive."
The Government had upped Metropolitan Police London allowances and teachers deserved the same, he said.
"Teachers face the same mortgage rates and costs of living as police - there can be no sensible explanation for such treatment," Mr McAvoy added.
NASUWT general secretary Eamonn O'Kane said: "This strike is a consequence of the deep-seated frustration of teachers in London at the failure by Government to bring the London allowance at least into line with that given to the police.
"It is reflecting the difficulties that teachers routinely experience in terms of the cost of travel and of course housing in the capital city."
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