Thousands of Britons protest in the streets symbolically burning their electricity bills

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Thousands of Britons have joined the massive protests in more than 50 cities against the rise in electricity rates throughout Saturday.

The actions, which have culminated in a symbolic burning of bills, have been coordinated by new-fangled organizations such as Dont Pay UK, Enough is Enough and Cost of Living Action.

From London to Edinburgh, from Newcastle to Birmingham, where the Conservative Party conference kicks off on Sunday, protesters have also raised their protest against Liz Truss's "budget of the rich", despite the promise of the 'premier' of allocate a rescue package of 170,000 million euros in aid to families and companies and set an annual cap of 2,800 euros per household on rates.

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and has exploded in the face of growing social unrest," said Michael Chessum, spokesman for Cost of Living Action, the network that aspires to bring together fledgling organizations.

King Cross station in London was one of the meeting points for the demonstrations, against the background of the train strike that left the country semi-paralyzed and with the union pickets anticipating a hot autumn.

With its visible banners, one of the most visible organizations was Dont Pay UK, which emerged from the initiative of a group of friends in June and already has more than 200,000 followers, committed to not paying bills from October if it is reached. the magic number of a million.

“If we reach that critical mass, companies will be forced to back down and not bill us when they are making billions in profits with the consent of this government,” said a Dont Pay UK member who preferred not to give his name.

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that was the beginning of the end of Margaret Thatcher", stressed the spokesman.

"History repeats itself with Liz Truss: the bill is paid by all of us while they cut taxes for the richest."

Enough is Enough gives name to another campaign created this time by the unions, which since last June have called a chain of strikes on the trains that threatens to spread to public sectors.

"Our first demand is a real increase in wages

," proclaimed Labor MP Zarah Sultana.

"It is intolerable that 5% of the population continue to get richer and receive the gift of a tax cut, when most families do not earn enough and many find themselves in the position of having to choose between paying for food or light".

In London, and under the slogan "Occupy Westminster", the demonstrations against the cost of living converged with the actions of the Just Stop Oil group, denouncing the Truss Government's collusion with the fossil fuel industry: the end of the moratorium on 'fracking' to the exploitation of gas and oil in the North Sea.

The epicenter of the protests will move from Sunday to Birmingham, in the national conclave of the 'Tories' and in the debut as leader of Liz Truss, who in just three weeks has caused a financial storm -with the fall of the pound and the emergency intervention of the Bank of England - due to the announcement of the biggest tax cut in the last half century.

, although she stressed her intention to move forward, convinced that it is the "right" decision for the growth of the economy.

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