Crowds gathered in Liverpool city centre today (February 12) to protest about the cost of living crisis.
Organised by The People's Assembly, hundreds of protesters set off from the Bombed Out Church, joining over 20 other major UK cities in standing up for working people and those struggling in the face of soaring energy prices.
The protest was held in response to last week's announcement by the Office of Gas and Electricity Market regulator that energy bills will increase.
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It is projected that 22 million people across the country will see their energy bills rise by £693 a year when the price cap is changed on April 1.
National Insurance will also rise from 12% to 13.25%.
Representatives from the Universities and Colleges and Unison trade union were present and placards read "freeze prices not the poor" and "make the rich pay."
One protester Mark Swift, age 40 told The ECHO: "I attended the protest today because the rising costs of living are disproportionately impacting the poorest people in the Liverpool City Region.
"I head up a community business that helps vulnerable people in the city region and things are so tough for so many right now and getting worse."
"I was proud to march with my community who are understandably angry as am I, about this situation and the governments unwillingness to do anything meaningful to stop ordinary people picking up the burden of this."
Historian David Isserman, 27, also attended the march.
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He said: "Inflation and increased energy prices combined with stagnate wages has hurt working-class people in this country.
"I believe its important to build a movement that includes trade unions and various community activist organisations to put forward the demand that the billions made in profit by the likes of BP and Shell are put into making energy green and affordable.
"I'd like to see energy companies put under public ownership with price control."
