Across The U.K. This weekend

National Day of Action
Protest The Cost Of Living Crisis!

Saturday 5th March


We are taking to the streets this Saturday to protest against the Tory government and the cost of living crisis. These are such important demonstrations as they send a clear message to the government that we will not pay for their crisis. 

Click here to find a Cost Of Living Crisis protest nearest to you.

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Just some of the 'headline' facts on the Cost of Living Crisis:

*Wage increases for private sector is at 4.2% (2.6% in public sector) but inflation is 7.25% and rising.
*Gas bills are going up by 54%, so nearly £700 increase for the average household.
*National Insurance is going up by 1.25%
*Earlier this year, Shell announced a whopping £12 billion in profits!
British Gas profits up by 44%.

After 12 years of austerity:

*More than 1 in 5 of the U.K. population are in poverty (that's 22% or 14.5 million people).
*Almost 1 in 3 children in the U.K. are living in poverty.

Other Countries are not passing on the increases in the same way:

*France is capping bills at 4%
*Portugal is freezing prices
*Denmark is is covering 80% of excess bills
*Norway has a permanent windfall tax on energy companies.

The government does not have to pass on such high energy increases, instead they could: 

*Freezes energy prices
*Impose a windfall tax
*Increases wages and benefits
*Invest in a low carbon renewable energy system that is run for the benefit of people

So it's crucial we resist and we fight back!



London Cost of Living Crisis Protest - Change To Meet Point:




Save The Date
 
A third wave of demonstrations will take place around the UK on Saturday 2nd April. This will be just after the energy price rises kick in as well as National Insurance increases. Millions of people will see their direct debit payments for gas increase dramatically.  

More details on the April demonstrations will follow soon.
 

Get Involved  

We encourage all to get involved in local People’s Assembly groups and to use this Saturday’s demonstrations as a springboard to build and organise for the growing discontent.
 
See our website for details of local groups. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected] if there is no local group near you and you want get involved. If you want to set up a local group, please let us know and we will offer support. 
 
 

See you on the streets!

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