Massive anti-austerity rallies in UK
Anti-austerity campaigners are to hold nationwide protest rallies to demand an end to the Conservative government’s spending cuts.
Organized by the People’s Assembly Against Austerity, the protests are to take place in more than 40 cities across the UK, including Manchester, and Newcastle on Wednesday.
A protest rally is to be held outside the UK Parliament where Chancellor George Osborne is unveiling a further £12bn worth of welfare cuts that specifically target subsidies for social housing.
Anti-austerity campaigners from other groups, including Disabled People Against Cuts, are also expected to join the protest rallies.
The protesters say the austerity measures mainly target the most vulnerable people in the society.
“Osborne is set to announce a further 12bn in cuts to welfare, hitting the poorest in society hardest...It's a disgrace that the government continues to hide the figures of the number of people who have died as a result of their austerity measures,” People’s Assembly National Secretary Sam Fairbairn was quoted as saying by the British media.
Similar protests have been held across the UK over the past several months.
Back on June 20, tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters rallied in the streets of London.
People from different walks of life including firefighters, teachers and medical workers joined the demonstration, seen as the largest anti-austerity protest in London since Conservatives won the May 7 parliamentary elections.
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