People's Assembly Against Austerity
The People's Assembly Against Austerity | |
People's Assembly logo | |
| Formation | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Type | Pressure group |
| Headquarters | London |
Key people | Steve Turner Nick McCarthy Alex Gordon John Rees Laura Pidcock Lindsey German Ramona McCartney Fran Heathcote Paula Peters Andy Bain |
| Website | https://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/ |
The People's Assembly Against Austerity (also known as The People's Assembly) is a political organisation based in the United Kingdom that was originally set up to end and reverse the country's government-instituted austerity programme.
The People's Assembly was launched in 2013 to bring together the various progressive left trade unions, campaigns, and activists in a movement against austerity. It aimed to "push the arguments against austerity" that it saw as missing from British politics at that time, and to fight for those people it saw as being hit by Government policies, including low-paid workers, disabled people, unemployed people, the young, black, minority and ethnic groups and women.
Its current National Secretary is former Labour MP Laura Pidcock.