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| Anti-austerity protest: This is just the start of our campaign, say marchers | Anti-austerity protest: This is just the start of our campaign, say marchers |
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| Cries to end austerity echoed through the streets of central London as a reported 250,000 people campaigned against a new wave of government spending cuts. | Cries to end austerity echoed through the streets of central London as a reported 250,000 people campaigned against a new wave of government spending cuts. |
| Protesters gathered outside the Bank of England before marching to Parliament Square in one of the biggest anti-austerity events in recent years, and the first major protest since the new Government was formed. | Protesters gathered outside the Bank of England before marching to Parliament Square in one of the biggest anti-austerity events in recent years, and the first major protest since the new Government was formed. |
| A spokesman from the People’s Assembly, which organised the march, said: “Today is not the end of our campaign against austerity but the start of a mass movement prepared to take on this Government.” | A spokesman from the People’s Assembly, which organised the march, said: “Today is not the end of our campaign against austerity but the start of a mass movement prepared to take on this Government.” |
| Stuart Gunn, 73, from Somerset, said austerity was “crucifying” for people on low incomes. | Stuart Gunn, 73, from Somerset, said austerity was “crucifying” for people on low incomes. |
| “We built up our social services, health services … over the years, and this Government [is] going to destroy them in no time,” he said. | “We built up our social services, health services … over the years, and this Government [is] going to destroy them in no time,” he said. |
| Frances James, 19, who will begin an engineering degree at Bristol University in September said austerity was a “con”. She called for a higher tax on wealthier people: “And we need our taxes being spent on things that benefit us as citizens, not just the 1 per cent.” | Frances James, 19, who will begin an engineering degree at Bristol University in September said austerity was a “con”. She called for a higher tax on wealthier people: “And we need our taxes being spent on things that benefit us as citizens, not just the 1 per cent.” |
| Cutting public spending to continue bailing out bankers, “when they caused the problem in the first place”, was outrageous, said Jenny Shepherd, 65, from Calderdale in West Yorkshire. | Cutting public spending to continue bailing out bankers, “when they caused the problem in the first place”, was outrageous, said Jenny Shepherd, 65, from Calderdale in West Yorkshire. |
| The march was joined by celebrities, politicians and the unions. Len McCluskey, of Unite, sent a warning to the Government. “If they think they won the war of austerity on 7 May, they’d better think again,” he told the rally. | The march was joined by celebrities, politicians and the unions. Len McCluskey, of Unite, sent a warning to the Government. “If they think they won the war of austerity on 7 May, they’d better think again,” he told the rally. |
| Large protests also took place in Liverpool and Glasgow. | Large protests also took place in Liverpool and Glasgow. |