Ed Miliband joins 100,000 austerity protesters as they march on London

 
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20 October 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband dubbed the Prime Minister "clueless" today as he joined a huge protest against the Government's austerity measures.

More than 100,000 people took part in the demonstration in London, which heard calls for a general strike.

Mr Miliband accused the Prime Minister of "clinging" to policies which were not working.

He said the coalition was cutting taxes for millionaires and raising them for everyone else.

"It is one rule for those at the top and one rule for everyone else."

Mr Miliband was booed by a small section of a rally in Hyde Park when he said Labour would have to make "hard choices" if it was in Government.

He pledged that if he became Prime Minister he would tax bankers' bonuses, support the building of 100,000 houses and end the privatisation of the NHS.

Bob Crow, leader of the RMT rail union was loudly cheered when he called for a 24-hour general strike.

He also called on Mr Miliband to oppose all spending cuts.

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