The People's Assembly is calling a national day of protests against austerity on that day across the country. This is the second budget in just four months & it begs the question what was Osborne hiding in his last? Osborne plans £12 billion in cuts to welfare and a fresh round of austerity measures. Updates on protests across the country will be posted here - more info soon. Bedford 8 July Protest 17.00 The Faces' on Silver Street in Bedford, MK40 1SY Invite your friends Birmingham 8 July Protest 17.00 @ Waterstones, Birmingham City Centre Bradford 8 July Rally 17.30 @ centenary Square, Bradford City Centre Bristol 8 July Protest 17.30 @ The Fountains Invite your friends Cardiff 8 July Protest 17.30 @ Cardiff Castle Invite your friends Chelmsford 8 July Protest 18.00 @ Outside County Hall Cornwall 8 July A very visual demo 12:00 - 18:00 @ Truro outside NatWest Invite your friends Coventry 8th July Budget day protest Coventry 5pm Broadgate Darlington 8 July Information stall and leafleting 12.00 - 13.30 @ High Row, Darlington town centre Invite your friends Derby 8 July Demonstration 17.30 @ junction of Saint Peter's Street and East Street Doncaster 8 July Public Meeting 19.00 @ Church View Invite your friends Eastbourne 4 July Street Stall and Idea sharing @ Bankers' Corner, Terminus Road Invite your friends Exeter 8th July 5-6pm in Bedford Square, Exeter High Street Invite your friends Glasgow 8th July Protest 17.30 @ Georges Square Invite your friends Harlow 8th July Protest: Meet 6pm outside Harlow Civic Centre, The Water Gardens, Harlow CM20 1AR. Invite you friends Hull 8th July Lobby 9am, Rally 12pm @ Hull Guildhall Steps Ipswich 8th July Ipswich Green party have organised a lobby outside Ben Gummer's office in Fore St Ipswich at 6pm UNITE Community Branch will be leafleting the DWP in Ipswich Invite your friends Leeds 8 July City Square, Leeds 17:00 Invite your friends Lincoln 8th July Rally at Speakers Corner Lincoln at 12:00 midday Liverpool 8 July Protest 5pm @ Williamson Square London 8 July Protest 5.30 at Parliament Invite your friends Manchester 8 July Protest 17:00 @ Market Street Invite your friends Medway 8 July Protest 18.30 @ outside Medway Council Offices Invite your friends Middlesbrough 8 July Protest with Grim Reaper 17.00 @ Spectra-txt sculpture, Middlesbrough town centre Invite your friends Milton Keynes 8th July Protest 17.30 @ Lloyds Court, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3EH Protest 18.00 @ Station Square, MK9 1BB Invite your friends Newcastle 7 July Protest 17:00 @ Grey's Monument Invite your friends Newport 8 July Protest 17.30 @ Westgate Square Invite your friends Norfolk 8 July Protest 1.15pm @the green outside Birdcage pub Potterage NR2 1DS Protest 5.30pm @ Marzano, Millennium plain, Norwich NR2 1TF Nottingham 8 July Protest 17:00 @ Brian Clough Statue Invite your friends Northampton 8th July Protest @ 5:30 outside Northampton County Council Oxford 8 July Protest 18.00 @ Carfax Tower Invite your friends Plymouth 8th July Food bank collection outside a Tesco's on the High street Invite your friends Portsmouth 8th July Protest @ the fountain in Commercial Road, Portsmouth for the Budget Tug of War between the 1% and 99%. Bring costumes, banners and placards. Sheffield 8 July Protest 17:00 @ Sheffield Town Hall Invite your friends Southampton 8 July Protest 17.30 @ Southampton Civic Centre Invite your friends Stockton-on-Tees, 8 July Protest 12.00 - 13.00 @ Central garden and fountain area, Stockton High Street Invite your friends Sunderland 8 July Protest 17.00 @ Park Lane Invite your friends Swindon 8 July 16.00 @The Crumpled Waterfall, canal Walk, Swindon Town Centre Invite your friends Thanet 8th July Protest @ Ramsgate Job Centre, 11am Invite your friends Torbay 8th July, Torbay People's Assembly @ St John Ambulance, Paignton.7pm at St John Ambulance, Paignton Taunton 6th July Taunton People's Assembly @ Temple Methodist Church, Upper High Street,Taunton TA1 3PY 7.00 - 8.45pm York 8 July Parliament St (between Barclay's and Halifax bank) 17.30 |