Tuesday 10 March 2009

Government faces backlash over “Welfare Abolition Bill”

via Ekklesia on 10 March

Opposition to the government's Welfare Reform Bill reached a new level yesterday morning, when campaigners dressed as bankers took over the lobby of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Adelphi House, central London.

Carrying banners reading “target the rich, not the poor” and “stop the Welfare Abolition Bill” the protesters peacefully occupied part of the building before being forcibly removed.

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