THOUSANDS of people took to the streets across Britain over the weekend to tackle food poverty and “obscene profiteering” from supermarkets, which are “shamelessly cashing in on” the cost-of-living crisis.

The People’s Assembly Against Austerity (PA) organised the protests and events on Saturday, marking the first day of school summer holidays, “a period over which many families will struggle to feed their families.”

The protesters called for supermarkets to use their profits to lower food prices and increase wages for their workers, for the government to introduce price controls on food to make it affordable for all and for free school meals for all children across the country.