Christians opposing the government's public spending cuts will be holding an ecumenical service in Barclays Bank in Central London as part of a day of protest.
The TUC-sponsored 'March for the Alternative' to cuts and austerity is taking place in London on Saturday 26 March, from Victoria Embankment to a rally in Hyde Park.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that measures due to come into place in April 2011 will be equivalent to a loss of £200 per household on average.
Government policy is contributing to toughest livelihood squeeze in decades, says the Trades Union Congress ahead of the Chancellor's budget statement today.
Christians are being urged to join in a national protest against the Government’s cuts in public spending, and their impact on poor and vulnerable people.
Parents and carers across the country are outraged by government-forced cuts in 'early intervention' services and Sure Start, says Simon Barrow. Rhetoric on family support is not being matched by funding decisions.