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Hundreds of Richmond protesters to join TUC’s London march against Government cuts
Hundreds of Richmond protesters to join TUC’s London march against Government cuts
6:50am Friday 25th March 2011
By Joanna Kilvington »
A “spring of discontent” has hit Richmond as hundreds of protesters prepare to join the biggest central London march in more than seven years.
Poorest ‘hit hard by recession’
Pensioners and the poorest households are amongst those that have been the worst hit by the recession, according to a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the BBC.
The richest households – though better able to cope – were hit even harder.
MP from Blackpool speaks out for disabled and their Carers re DLA
MP speaks out for disabled and their carers.
Gordon Marsden MP for Blackpool South raised the issue at Prime Minister’s Questions by asking David Cameron about his plans to scrap an aspect of the Disability Living Allowance, as part of the Welfare Reform Bill, which he believes would leave disabled people “prisoners in their own homes”.
