{"id":39396,"date":"2022-02-10T11:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=39395"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:20:31","slug":"cost-of-living-protest-to-take-place-after-energy-prices-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/cost-of-living-protest-to-take-place-after-energy-prices-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living Protest to take place after energy prices soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A protest against the cost of living crisis is taking place in Sheffield this Saturday, following the dramatic rise in energy bills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will take place at the Town Hall at 10pm and is organised by the People\u2019s Assembly Sheffield. It\u2019s one of 19 protests happening across the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrie Hedderwick, organiser of the People\u2019s Assembly, said: \u201cUnless you fight back you will not win because this government will just keep rolling it out. They\u2019re rolling out all kinds of legislation. There\u2019s been demonstrations against policing bills, the nationality and borders bill, all through Covid-19. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This government is appalling, it\u2019s criminal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe cost of living, I mean, is just severe. We have staggered through this pandemic .We\u2019ve lost relatives, lost jobs, lost huge parts of their lives, and now we&#8217;re being asked to pay for the crisis. Even if your wages haven\u2019t decreased, that&#8217;s still a pay cut. Because the cost of living is skyrocketing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Electricity and gas bills for a typical household are set to rise more, going up by \u00a3693 a year in April, which is a 54% increase. The amount your energy bill goes up, depends on how much you use, therefore people are having to cut &#8211; even when its usage is essential.<\/p>\n<p>[infogram id=&#8221;step-by-step-charts-1hxr4zxjnjqoq6y?live&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Source: Ofgem<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leading Trade Union in the UK, Unite the Union, are also supporting the protest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Rollin, 40, the organiser of Unite the Union, said: \u201cWe think that the government and the bank of England will start to try and change the narratives around the cost of living crisis. We think that they will try to blame workers for asking for pay rises and blame us for inflation when in fact it\u2019s not workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWorkers have worked throughout the whole pandemic. We\u2019ve been on the front line. Bus drivers, lorry drivers, hospital workers, cleaners, factory workers and all of the rest. We shouldn\u2019t be now made to suffer, in fact we should be rewarded for the hard work throughout the last two years of the pandemic and these demonstrations on Saturday, although it won\u2019t change things overnight, it will start to highlight to people that there is a cost of living crisis and working people shouldn\u2019t be made to pay for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCome down, bring your family and friends and let\u2019s make it a festival atmosphere and raise the profile that it sh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ouldn\u2019t be us that pay for this crisis. 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