Demonstrators March on U.K. Parliament to Protest Austerity

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[font size="1"]Demonstrators gather at the Bank Of England to protest against austerity measures, in London on June 20. Photographer: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images[/font]


(Bloomberg) Thousands of people from across the U.K. marched from the Bank of England to Westminster on Saturday to protest planned government spending cuts.

At least 50,000 and up to 75,000 people were expected to participate in central London, a police spokesman said at the start of the march near the Bank of England.

The People’s Assembly Against Austerity, which organized the rally, says the new Conservative government will deliver “nasty, destructive cuts” to the National Health Service, welfare, education and public services. It staged the march “right on the doorstep of the very people who created the crisis in the first place, and marching to the doorstep of Parliament,” according to a statement on its website.

The Conservative’s surprise outright victory in last month’s election means they can implement their manifesto without having to offer concessions to coalition partners.

Chancellor George Osborne, who will announce a budget next month, is seeking 30 billion pounds ($48 billion) of spending cuts by 2018, including 12 billion pounds of welfare savings, to help return Britain to a surplus. ................(more)

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