In London, more than half a million people took to the rally for higher wages
More than 500 people are holding a rally in the center of the UK capital London under the slogans of wage increases amid a sharp rise in the cost of living in the country. This is reported by several British media at once.
According to the media, the rally is the largest in the country over the past ten years. It is associated with a strike of workers in several areas at once: teachers, civil servants, bus drivers, airport staff, railway workers and even security officers went on strike. Interestingly, many rally participants say that they receive good money, but they defend the rights and interests of those fellow citizens who are paid little.
British unions plan to strike for another 18 days in February and March. Meetings will be held not only in London, but also in other cities of the country. People are not satisfied with the high cost of living, and the economic situation of British citizens began to deteriorate rapidly after the start of a special military operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine and the subsequent anti-Russian sanctions.
Now the British government is allocating multimillion-dollar tranches to Ukraine without solving social problems within the United Kingdom itself. As a result - the growth of protest activity of the population, numerous rallies, dissatisfaction with the policies of the ruling regime. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should have focused his attention on the country's internal affairs, and not on organizing military and financial assistance to Ukraine.
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