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Trades Union Congress - TUC supports Age UK pensions lobby

Commenting on the mass lobby of parliament organised by Age UK today (Wednesday) involving women affected by the government's decision to bring forward plans to raise the state pension age, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

UPDATED: Bright Green editor arrested | Bright Green

Alasdair Thompson has been arrested by Lothian & Borders Police for displaying an anti-cuts banner during a peaceful Uncut occupation of a BHS store in Edinburgh's Rose Street.

David Cameron's adviser says health reform is a chance to make big profits | Politics | The Observer

Kitchen cabinet aide says charging improves service and NHS should be shown 'no mercy' in drive for reform

Union vows to step up resistance to cuts - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

One of Britain's biggest unions is preparing to fund election candidates against mainstream parties to oppose the coalition's cuts. Last night the leader of the Public and Commercial Services Union warned it would escalate

Matthew Luke Photography: 26th March Protest

#26March We hope someone listens to you young man!! #PolititiansTAKEnote

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NHS reforms live blog | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Welcome to the first day of our daily live blog covering the most explosive domestic policy issue of the moment: the government's controversial NHS changes

Police admit UKuncut arrests made for ‘intelligence gathering’ | Liberal Conspiracy

A senior police officer has admitted, while giving evidence to MPs, that “intelligence gathering” was one of the main reasons that UKuncut proteste...

Trevor Philips: TUC Black Workers Conference | OBV

Trevor Philips: TUC Black Workers Conference Submitted 8 Apr 2011 3:41pm in News EHRC Chair Trevor Philips will address  the annual  TUC Black Work...

Pro-cuts activists to stage 'polite' London demonstration | Politics | The Guardian

Supporters of coalition's cuts programme – including Taxpayers' Alliance – to turn out on 14 May for Rally Against Debt

Black bloc protests: Leftism or laddism? | Michael White | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Michael White: An interview with two black bloc protesters took me back to the nonsense being spouted in the 60s, when we were all much poorer

Police ask BBC for cuts protest footage | Media | guardian.co.uk

NUJ criticises Met's 'fishing trip', warning journalists of risks being seen as 'information gatherers'. By John Plunkett

Pro-cuts activists to stage 'polite' London demonstration | Politics | The Guardian

Supporters of coalition's cuts programme – including Taxpayers' Alliance – to turn out on 14 May for Rally Against Debt

Ministers admit plans for tuition fees are in disarray | Education | The Guardian

Student numbers may have to be cut to offset higher than expected cost of loans to the Treasury from higher average fee

March 26: Disproportionate, aggressive police action provoked disorder - monitoring group | Counterfire

A police monitoring group has described the Police attack on a peaceful protest in Trafalgar Square as disproportionate, aggressive and an unnecessary provocation that created significant disorder.

£1.4m-a-year welfare entrepreneur picked by Cameron to get Britons off benefits and into work | Politics | The Observer

As Emma Harrison's company adds five new taxpayer-funded welfare contracts to its empire, unions attack 'obscene' public payouts

Jobcentres 'tricking' people out of benefits to cut costs, says whistleblower | Politics | The Guardian

Soaring number of sanctions against unemployed amid claims that DWP staff are being told to trip people up with paperwork

26 March TUC rally: Call for your placards by the Museum of London » DPAC

World Autism Day – 2nd April 26 March TUC rally: Call for your placards by the Museum of London Uncategorized Add comments Apr 032011 The Museum of...

Why cruel cuts prompted single mum to march at the London demo | Money | The Observer

Amanda Copeland was facing life in a homeless shelter with her three children when her support was slashed last October and she couldn't meet the mortgage payments

Anti-Cuts Protests: Police Release Pictures Of Suspects Involved In London Protests | UK News | Sky News

<p>Detectives investigating violence in central London following a massive anti-cuts protest march have released pictures of 18 people they want to identify.</p>

Fire Up the Quattro! Another View of the March For The Alternative « PCS Euston Branch

Fire Up the Quattro! Another View of the March For The Alternative 02 Apr 2011 tags: pcs, No cuts, London, UK Uncut, March For The Alternative, TUC...

Find the Ritzkrieg 18: The cuts riot suspects police want to identify | Mail Online

During the protests, hundreds laid siege to The Ritz hotel, attacking it with paint and smokebombs &#8211; dubbed 'Ritzkrieg&#8217; in The Mail on Sunday&#8217;s front page headline.

TUC protests: Ed Miliband wrecks his reputation by siding with the criminal class - Telegraph

Ed Miliband lives in a fantasy land if he thinks Saturday's riots were ideologically driven, writes Simon Heffer.

March for the Alternative: London: TUC: Edinburgh: False Economy | TVBOMB | Film, Music, Theatre Reviews, Previews & Interviews | Edinburgh

An exhilarating day of political activism and social unity: the largest national demonstration since the Iraq war protests

UK Uncut's fears over clampdown on black bloc tactics | UK news | The Guardian

Activists concerned that Theresa May's vow to curb further violence may impinge on the group's direct action protests

'Black bloc' anarchists behind anti-cuts rampage reject thuggery claims | Society | The Guardian

Masked protesters who hijacked London protests say their ranks have swollen to 1,500 and include social workers, students and nurses

Press release: UK Uncut welcomes support against political policing | UK Uncut

31/03/2011 ukuncut@gmail.com www.ukuncut.org.uk 07415063231

Video: Cuts are not the cure | Blog | False Economy

A brilliant animation based on the arguments in False Economy's

Black bloc: 'Only actions count now' | Stephen Moss | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Two participants in the black bloc protest at Saturday's anti-cuts rally tell Stephen Moss why they're the true face of protest

March 26: Video of the whole demo | Counterfire

This amazing video captures the true scale of the March 26 protest. Filmed by Paul Hanes over four hours and compressed into 23 minutes it shows the whole demonstration.

Netpol statement on policing of March 26 demonstrations : Network for Police Monitoring

Netpol statement on policing of March 26 demonstrations Posted by admin on Thursday, March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment  The Network for Police Monit...

Black bloc: 'Only actions count now' | Stephen Moss | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Two participants in the black bloc protest at Saturday's anti-cuts rally tell Stephen Moss why they're the true face of protest

Unions and campaign groups voice support for UK Uncut | UK Uncut

This is a letter from a number of NGOs and unions in support of UK Uncut.

March For the Alternative: Jobs, Growth, Justice | 26 March 2011: March and rally against the cuts

March for an Alternative to cuts: The TUC is organising a national march and rally against on 26 March 2011, in response to the government's programme of fast and deep public spending cuts. This site provides more information and resources for the...

Bob Williams-Findlay’s account « Disabled People Make History

Bob Williams-Findlay’s account March 30, 2011 Bob Williams-Findlay My feelings about Saturday’s March for the Alternative are extremely mixed. In t...

TODAY'S NEWS NJ: 26th March Protests Across London: Why are windows and the olympic clock more important than people?

As we started moving off, the chatter was chirpy, mostly people surprised at the enormity of the march we were on and how this was just a small feeder march that the Police had tried to discourage, saying that it had seemed unnecessary to them

London counts cost as over 200 arrested in post-demonstration riots · TheJournal

A demonstration against government spending cuts turns violent, as anti-capitalist protesters clashed with riot police.

London Protests Gather Strength After Massive Budget Cuts Announced

More than 250,000 people took to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II, one of the largest demonstrations since the Iraq war; as riot police clashed with a small groups. More than 200 people were arrested.

not the only dreamer: March 26th Protests; London

Generally while I'm at university I'm a little 'out of the loop' with news and current events as we really turn on the television to eat in front of and then the usual on offer is 'Come Dine With Me' (I love it) so I was a little unaware of the...

Louise Baldock: March for the Alternative: TUC Demo: London: March 26th 2011

We stop at Warwick Services which is heaving with the huge numbers of demonstrators on so many TUC coaches. I run into good comrades, Gary Booth, Dean Sharpe and Alun Parry in the station.

March on London – 26th March 2011. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG

The great thing about today is that everyone can now see for themselves the great lie that is the ‘police state’ claim in this country.During the day we saw what happens when we don’t kettle people.

Daily Kos: March 26th London anti-cuts demo

Although this has been diaried several times, the diaries have relied on pictures taken from the Guardian or the BBC. I thought I would put up some of my photos taken from within the demonstration. I tried to give people a flavor of a demonstration...

Thousands march against spending cuts - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk

About 500,000 people take to the streets in London to protest against the government's planned public service cuts

26march - visionOntv

March 26 2011 - the grassroots story by visionOntvThe timeline of the events of the biggest protest in the UK since February 2003. Citizen reporters give the real story, as it happens. Embed this story and all the best anti-cuts videos:...