For The Rich By The Rich

According to Tory spin doctors working families were given ‘jam’ this week in the Autumn statement. In reality Tory chancellor Hammond has chosen tax cuts for corporations and the rich, rather than putting money in the pockets of ordinary workers. Low-income families are going to be much worse off by the end of the decade. Most of the cuts planned by Osborne are going ahead as planned through freezing in-work benefits, rolling out universal credit and slashing disability payments. According to the parliamentary register of interests the former chancellor has been earning up to £81,000 a time addressing US banks and other financial institutions. In one month alone Osborne made more than £300,000 from speeches. A government  of AUSTERITY  FOR THE RICH BY THE RICH.

Here are some images of people fighting back in the past and this year.

Workers on strike, East London c.1988

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Poll Tax Protesters, Chicksand Estate, London 1990

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Housing protest, Canary Wharf early 1990s

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Housing protest, Stepney early 1980s

Protest against education cuts, Whitechapel 2008

Protesting against the sale of Council Housing in Tower Hamlets, 1980s

Liverpool NHS Rally 2016

Demonstration against NHS cuts. London 1987

Liverpool 2016

You can support the feature length film about the fight against Austerity here: ‘Austerity Fight’