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.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
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