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“It’s Really Terrible”: Voices from cost of live protest in London | Expenses of living crisis

Ffrom midwives to firemen, thous. of people collected in central london on Saturday in protest against in governmentreply to cost of life crisis. Some are calling for wage increases while others say they fear devastating consequences of public services are chronically underfunded. Here we hear from three people on why did they decide to show on Saturday.

Sonya Adesara, GP, London

Adesara, 32 says how does a doctor work in Tottenham, number of the patients she sees who are struggling with rising costs skyrocketed.

“I work in deprived part of London. A lot of of my patients really struggling. They are struggling with their accounts and I see people get sick because of the stress they deal with with,” she is says.

“We have a single parents saying they can’t afford to buy food. It’s terrible actually. As a doctor, I feel very helpless. We had to hire someone in our practice to help people apply for allowances and donate them to charitable foundations, support people with social problems. AT terms of in cost of living crisis, personally I’m fine, but this is what I see in my practice.

“Now there are food banks. set up in hospitals and me also see teenagers approaching in with conditions associated with stress. There are longterm health impact of being malnourished. That’s why it’s so important that people have a decent salary, that benefits are sufficient for people be able to afford food and pay bills. we only ask for fundamentals.”

Andy Lewis, teacher, Sunderland

Andy Lewis: “Teaching assistants are calling us now” in saying he can’t afford to come in.’ Photograph: Anna McSwan/The Guardian

Lewis, sixth grade college teacher who worked with children with special needs throughout his career was at the protests with about 65 other teachers from north-East.

“Since Cameron and teacher austerity real-terms pay cut of £10,000,” he said. says.

“Now we have teacher assistants who call in saying he can’t afford to come in. We have administrative staff saying that we cannot afford cost of transport to get there in. my wife has a friend who is the head, last week she had seven employees off because of in cost of life.

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“Is not just about getting paid rise it’s about knock-on effect it has on children. These employees are absolutely critical so that teachers can do their job.”

Daniel Kennedy, railway signalman, Birmingham

Daniel Kennedy
Daniel Kennedy (center): “Some railroad workers didn’t get a raise for three years.’ Photograph: Anna McSwan/The Guardian

Kennedy who hit next week as part of rail RMT unionall-Russian action, says he attended last cost of a lively protest, but there was a lot more to do that Saturday. “I think rate of inflation now means that people feel more belligerent and favored fight for Better pay, he said. says.

“Some railroad workers did not receive a salary increase for three years. A lot of of people say: “Practice well drivers are on £60,000 per annum year’, but in fact the average salary of an RMT member is around £31,000. These include employees like keep track of workers and cleaners, and people who work for subcontractors who receive the minimum wage. We have members who I have to think: will I pay the bills or buy food?

“We also startling over job cuts. We set lose 2900 jobs, that’s more how quarter of track workforce. This will affect safety know what for a fact”.

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