Thousands of people have gathered in cities across the UK to protest over the cost-of-living crisis.
Unions have complained that Chancellor
Away from the capital, demonstrations were held in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cambridge, Glasgow, Hull, Ipswich, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Preston, Redcar, Sheffield and Southampton.The People’s Assembly has called on the government to do more to help people who are struggling
Laura Pidcock, national secretary of the People’s Assembly, said: ‘What people are experiencing is intolerable. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the government is ‘looking… across the board at what we’re doing with the public’s money’, and will ‘put in the support that we can, as and when we can’ to ease the sting of rising prices.
‘We can’t completely nullify the impacts of the global markets and global pressure, for example, on energy, which is obviously the main focus at the moment for most people.‘But we will put in the support that we can, as and when we can, as I say, looking… across the board at what we’re doing with the public’s money.’
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