UK groups plan coordinated protests in several cities next month

Groups across the UK are urging students and workers to join a coordinated protest next month, calling for changes to government spending and policies. The planned action follows unrest in France, but the article provides no evidence that organisers are calling for violence.

The London demonstration is advertised for Trafalgar Square on 20 November, with events also planned in Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Leicester and other cities. Organisers cite jobs, education, defence spending and Palestine among their causes; a coalition includes socialist, anti-war and pro-Palestinian groups. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warned against attempts to replicate French disorder, while a government spokesman said protest was a democratic right but could not excuse violence.