Manchester June 1st 2013. Police recording contemporaneous paper notes at the National day of protest against the bedroom tax and other welfare reforms. The coordinated protests taking place around the country on 1 June have been timed to coincide with anti-austerity protests across Europe. This ‘call to arms’ has been made by Benefit Justice, a coalition of campaign groups and trade unions opposed to the Government’s austerity programme of benefit cuts. The human costs of such cuts were demonstrated by the death of Stephanie Bottrill, according to the Benefit Justice movement.
National day of action against the bedroom tax. The Protest, Rally and March in Piccadilly Gardens. central Manchester, is part of a National Day of Action Against the Bedroom Tax and Austerity.
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