35,000 gathered in protests in Manchester

UK trade unions organized a rally of some 35,000 protesters against government budget cuts. The protest is in Manchester, where the ruling party of Prime Minister David Cameron opened its annual conference.

The Trade Union Congress said the rally was calling for “the alternative: jobs, growth, justice.”

In comments to the media, the TUC added that it was organizing the march and rally to show opposition to the coalition government’s disastrous policies of pay freezes, cuts and attacks on public services.

Such cuts, it said, was producing rising unemployment, cuts in living standards and stagnation.