The campaign wants a minimum wage of £15 per hour
Hundreds queue as 'Enough is enough' campaigners hold rally against cost of living crisis in Glasgow
Hundreds of people queued around the block for a rally saying Enough is Enough over the cost of living crisis. The Enough is Enough campaign of trade unions and community action groups is demanding a real pay rise for workers to deal with rising inflation and action to cancel the planned energy price hike.It wants the energy cap rise scrapped and a return to the level before April of an average of £1277 a year.There was a full house at the Old Fruitmarket for the Glasgow rally with more than one hundred joining a separate queue hoping for a ticket.
Her friend Caitlin, from Edinburgh, said:"I feel like the government is trying to trick us into believing it is not as bad as it really is. We need to come together and take control of it.Eilidh Harris, from Glasgow, said:"We've been living in poverty so so long.
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