Sick of misery as rich get richer

PROTESTERS denounce the cost of living crisis as soaring bills threaten ever more families.

The demo in Newcastle was one of dozens yesterday.

The People’s Assembly, which campaigns against austerity and cuts, co-ordinated the action supported by trade unions.

Placards in London’s Parliament Square read “tax the rich” and displayed messages decrying rising energy prices.

In Newcastle, one referred to “Tory tricksters”. Laura Pidcock, Assembly leader and an ex-Labour MP, said: “People can see clearer than ever the inequality in our society.”

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, said: “People are fed up of rich men telling them that they have to pay for boardroom greed and colossal market failure.”