More than 71,000 people are expected to take to the streets of London in an anti-austerity protest on Saturday, June 20. The rally, organised by The People’s Assembly, follows a series of protests across the country against the Conservative Party’s victory in the UK General Elections.
The protesters oppose the Tory’s pro-austerity policies that are expected to be implemented within the next five years. Among them are an estimated £30 billion (€41 billion; $46 billion) worth of cuts to public spending, an estimated £12 billion (€16.5 billion, $18.8 billion) in unspecified welfare cuts and the abolition of housing benefit for under-21s on Jobseeker‘s Allowance (JSA).