Huge crowds flooded into the British capital to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses that are rising more quickly than their wages.
Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticized for being slow to respond to the cost-of-living crisis.
Inflation in Britain and across Europe has been surging, as Russia’s war in Ukraine crimped supplies of energy and food staples like wheat.
Prices were already rising before the war, as the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in strong consumer demand.
Johnson’s government is facing heavy pressure to do more to help Britons struggling with soaring fuel and food prices and domestic energy bills.
