Tuesday 23 October 2012

UK police clashing with anti-austerity protesters at TUC event

Hundreds of protesters broke away from a huge anti-austerity demonstration in London on Saturday, and attempted to storm various multi-national companies on Oxford Street, in the West End central shopping district.


The breakaway protest finished at Trafalgar Square around 1600GMT, after two hours of running skirmishes with the police.

Saturday's march was against the latest austerity cuts proposed by the UK government. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Central London in support of the protest, organised by the TUC (Trades Union Congress) - READ MORE HERE

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