A protest against the government’s austerity policies will take place in central London on Saturday 21 June, the People’s Assembly has announced.
Supporters of the group, which is a national movement campaigning against cuts and the privatisation of government services, will assemble at the BBC’s Broadcasting House on Portland Street at before marching to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
Firefighters joining the march are meeting at 12pm, at Cavendish Square Gardens, near Oxford Circus Tube Station, before heading to BBC Broadcasting House for 1pm to join the rest of the protest.
There will be a number of guest speakers and performers on the day including Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, comedian Russell Brand, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Len McCluskey, general secretary of the trade union Unite, and journalist Owen Jones.
