Protesters Gather across UK to Demand Government Tackle Cost of Living Crisis - Tasnim News Agency

 (Tasnim) – Thousands of protesters assembled at demonstrations across the UK on Saturday to demand the government pass the soaring cost of energy onto providers instead of low-income workers.

A Downing Street protest today saw around 100 people, including former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, waving signs reading “tax the rich” and “freeze energy bills, not people”, The Independent reported.

People took to the streets in London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Doncaster, Glasgow, Hanley, Hull, Ipswich, Lancaster, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Preston, Redcar, Sheffield and Southampton.

Notably in Belfast, activists were demanding that every household in Northern Ireland receive £1,000 to help mitigate the rising cost of fuel and food.