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Hard-up Britain to hit the streets as anger over the soaring cost of living and P&O's brutal sackings erupts
People in Parliament Square, London, take part in the People's Assembly nationwide protest about cost of living crisis, in February 2022

THOUSANDS of protesters will take to the streets today to vent their anger at the soaring cost of living and the brutal sacking of 800 P&O workers.

The protests come as the Insolvency Service launches criminal and civil investigations into P&O’s behaviour.

The People’s Assembly, a national forum campaigning against austerity since 2013, has organised demonstrations across Britain in protest at the spiralling cost-of-living crisis.

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