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May Day Protests Held in London

The demonstrators state that they are rallying for "trade union rights, human rights and international solidarity".
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Sputnik brings you a broadcast from London where thousands of citizens have peacefully occupied Trafalgar Square begging for improvement in pay and working conditions. Over the last year, the United Kingdom saw a full-scale cost of living crisis amid sky-rocketing inflation and mass strikes, while British political and business elite continue to leave a lavish lifestyle, using private jets and organizing parties at the taxpayers' expense.
Protestors also demand an ease of what is dubbed an "anti-union" policy. The UK government is pushing anti-strike legislation that limit people’s access to industrial strikes.
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