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Thousands rally against cuts

Tens of thousands are marching through central London to protest against Government spending cuts. Union leaders are calling it a building block towards a general strike. Protests are also being held in Belfast and Glasgow.

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Disabled protesters 'bring London to a standstill'

UK Uncut has said that traffic was stopped in Marble Arch as disabled protesters took to the streets against the austerity cuts with the campaign group claimed that central London had been brought, "to a standstill."

Paddy Murphy of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) said:

If cuts to benefits don’t kill you slowly by leaving you starving or freezing to death in winter, then massive cuts to care and support funding should finish off those the Government wrongly call “unsustainable.”

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