VIDEO: Crowds march ‘for a future that works’
Trade union members from Bedfordshire joined thousands of others from across the country on Saturday to call on the government to reverse its spending cuts programme.
Marching under the banner of ‘A Future That Works’, thousands of people took to the streets of London to voice their anger at current and planned austerity measures.
Richard Gates, Luton Trade Union Council secretary, said the marchers were representing people “who don’t have a voice”.
He said: “We are here to give a clear message to this government that they need to have a re-think. The path they have chosen to get this country moving forward just isn’t working.
“The alternative is to get more people employed by investing in infrastructure, creating jobs so people are paying tax and National Insurance contributions.
“The government seems to think the way to do this is to cut back jobs and put people on the dole so that we’re not getting any taxes from them and are paying them benefits instead.”
Gary Fabian, in charge of Luton’s new food bank, said: “Being here is a way of expressing our concerns about the unfairness that’s galloping into our society.”
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Tuesday 21 May 2013
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