Cost of living crisis: Protesters chant 'tax the rich' across the UK

Hundreds of protesters in 20 UK cities mobilised to demonstrate against the rise in the cost of energy bills, food prices and taxes.

The People's Assembly aimed their message at the government over its policies to tackle the crisis -- and energy companies, who are reporting huge profits while bills are soaring.

Sky's Sadiya Chowdhury reports.

[arnishturnaround]

This government doesn't give a crap about ordinary people

[terra]

It's about time people took a stand. It's getting way out of hand. Things should not be this way, especially when we pay so much in taxes. Enough is enough!

[paulhoskin]

Close all the tax loopholes that the rich exploit

[Jonathan-qoir]

This is one protest we should all get behind regardless of being left or right

[CBRFirebladerr]

Wages need to rise for the average person to be able to pay basic bills. The rich are still getting richer while people working 50+ hours a week doing manual labour etc are going to REALLY struggle! There could be a massive Labour callapse coming as people realise that working hard long hours is a complete waste of their time and is bad for their well-being.

[zhussain]

" they got money for wars but cant feed the poor "
Tupac.

[shysociety]

£1900 a year on energy bills a year from April and those who are on universal credit get around on average £3500 a year, piss poor... imagine living on 80 pound a month poverty at the lowest degree needs scrapped...

[mohammedpervez]

The government rule one look after the rich not hard working ppl

[rozpower]

People power! Since when is food and heating a luxury

[georgemoore]

Think how much the fat cats get, the BBC that do nothing and the footballers etc etc. this needs to start here

[chachatruth]

RICH GETTING RICHER
WHILE POOR GET POORER!!

[piccalillipit]

*THERE IS NO COST OF LIVING CRISIS* there is a WAGE crisis.

Wages have remained either effectively static or literally static for 15 years. Subsidised by industrialised food and cheap plastic sh!t from China. But no longer can cheap food and cheap consumer goods mask the problem. This was all predicted 150 years ago in a book about capitalism. Its actually inevitable.

[sewpalkalideen]

This is a sad reality that the middle income earners are surpressed by government across the world. Government reap the benefits that's y they don't care.

[heidifuller]

National consumer strike. We should all stop paying our energy bills.

[martinrobinson]

The Tories don't care. They will keep hammering the poor. Get the Tories out.

[bigbasil]

How can the economy possibly be back to pre pandemic levels? The economy was barely ticking over for years leading up to the pandemic. Then the pandemic hit and Boris has been giving billions to his mates.

[utc]

This is why Boris is so interested in a war in Ukraine.

[colinrichards]

I have seen people die, by committing suicide because the poverty created by this pathetic government.

How about scrapping the ridiculous foreign aid budget to start with. Close the unelected House of Lords. The list is endless.

[paulkazjack]

Im cancelling the unwanted tv license tax so i can pay for food.