Hardest Hit Protests

People with disabilities were protesting all over the country today at the range of cuts in benefits and social care provision affecting them.

According to the press association, the numbers nationally came to over 5000.

Here are some of the best places to get reports and information about what went on:

Youtube of a speech from Bristol:



A blog by ddom on the Bristol demo.

The text of Susie Jones speech at Manchester hardest hit rally.

Granada reports on the Manchester rally

Photos from Manchester by Christine Burns

Graeme Lamb Media on the Manchester protest

Report from Edinburgh by 'Acronymphomania'

Hardest Hit demo Leeds
Photo by Lucia

Photoset from Edinburgh by Chris O'Sullivan

The Edinburgh Reporter's Account

Marching past the Grainger Market in Newcastle

Photos from Newcastle by CarerWatch blog
Police estimates put the attendance at Newcastle at over 1000

ITV Anglia report from Norwich

Great photo from Norwich by sas astro

Pseudo Living Blog from Birmingham

BBC Report from Birmingham

BBC Report from Cardiff

Here's the official page of the Hardest Hit October Action.

Serendipity (Lucia) sent me these photos from Leeds

There were also marches in Sunderland, Brighton, Nottingham, and Belfast, not to mention London.

People are just arriving home now and starting to write their blogs and upload their photos, if you want your material included in this list, just send it to me: maxlorraine AT coolgoose DOT com, or tweet me.

The BBC report of the protests

The Guardian report of the protests

Finally here's a great chant from Wigan and Leigh People First: