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Thousands march in London over cost of living crisis
Demonstration organised by TUC calls on government to make ‘better deal’ for people struggling to cope with soaring inflation
Thousands of people are taking part in a march in London in protest against the government’s lack of action in tackling of the cost of living crisis.
Protesters set off from Portland Place for Parliament Square, where a rally will be held, with speakers including Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the TUC, which is organising the event.
Banners reading “cut war not welfare” and “end fuel poverty, insulate homes now” were carried by some demonstrators.
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The TUC said there was “harrowing” evidence of the impact the crisis was having on families, with workers suffering the “longest and harshest” squeeze on earnings in modern history.
O’Grady said: “Prices are skyrocketing, yet boardroom bonuses are back to bumper levels. Everyone who works for a living deserves to earn a decent living, but UK workers are suffering the longest and harshest squeeze on their earnings in modern history.
“If we don’t get pay rising across the economy, we will just keep lurching from crisis to crisis. This cost of living emergency has not come out of the blue. It is the result of more than a decade of standstill wages.”
Workers have lost an average of almost £20,000 in cumulative earnings since 2008 because pay has not kept pace with inflation, the TUC said, adding that it was the biggest loss of “real wages” since the 1830s.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/18/march-protest-london-tuc-cost-of-living-crisis
Don't let anybody at all tell you that Brexit Britain has been a success. It's an abysmal failure.
Their government is immoral and criminal - but Brits haven't got the guts for real revolution.
There are thousands of food-banks up and down the country. The US-led war in Ukraine has brought the entire country into fuel poverty. Next up is a trade war with Europe caused by the Brits breaking international law with regard to Northern Ireland. While Brits choose between eating and heating their crooked government is trying to elevate itself from the pits of scorn by sending millions of dollars in war materials to Ukraine. It's become common for people to pull their own teeth in ' home dentistry '. Patients cannot get hospital treatment. The police do not turn up to calls. Crime rules- led by the government example.
That's the result of isolationist and racist policies. Be warned.
