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Up to 2,000 UK Uncut activists and health workers join in Block the Bridge, Block the Bill demonstration
Anti-cuts campaigners and health workers have joined forces in central London in protest against the planned shakeup of the NHS.
More than 2,000 people staged a sit-down protest on Westminster Bridge from 1pm on Sunday to highlight the health and social care bill, which is due to go before the House of Lords this week.
The bridge, normally one of London's busiest, links St Thomas's hospital on the southern bank with the Houses of Parliament.
As Big Ben struck 1pm protesters unfurled banners and sat down, blocking the bridge in both directions as hundreds of police looked on. More Read
Anti-cuts campaigners and health workers have joined forces in central London in protest against the planned shakeup of the NHS.
More than 2,000 people staged a sit-down protest on Westminster Bridge from 1pm on Sunday to highlight the health and social care bill, which is due to go before the House of Lords this week.
The bridge, normally one of London's busiest, links St Thomas's hospital on the southern bank with the Houses of Parliament.
As Big Ben struck 1pm protesters unfurled banners and sat down, blocking the bridge in both directions as hundreds of police looked on. More Read
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