Brighton TUC- Protest at Lib Dem Conference

The Liberal Democrats- junior partners in the coalition Government- will be holding their Annual Conference just down the coast in Brighton later this month.  Our colleagues in Brighton Trades Council will be staging a protest against the austerity policies of their Government on Saturday 22nd September.

Brighton Trades Council are pointing out that:

"The government has embarked on an unprecedented programme of cuts and privatisation.

Schools, hospitals, councils, benefits, the welfare state is torn apart while jobs are lost and pay is cut, Debt reduction through 'austerity' in Britain and across Europe has now been proved not to reduce deficits, but it is part of a massive transfer of wealth from the poor to the very richest.

The Lib-Dems prop up a government that has seen the wealth of the richest 1,000 people increase by £78 billion since they took office. This is the party who pledged to scrap tuition fees and protect EMA, yet EMA has gone and tuition fees have been tripled. "

Trade unionists are urged to join Brighton unions and anti-cuts activists in a march and rally- assembling at The Level, Brighton, at mid-day on Saturday 22nd September. For more information, visit the Brighton Trades Council website here.