G20 London Summit costs £6 million to stage

The up and coming G20 financial summit to be held in London's Excel Centre, Docklands on April 2nd is costing the taxpayer £6 million to stage.

The one day summit where 20 world leaders, including Barak Obama, will meet to discuss how to resolve the current crisis of capitalism.

As millions of ordinary people begin to feel the recession hit hard, the government, after handing over billions of our money to the banks is now happy to spend another £6 million on what is essentially a glorified photo op. £6,000 alone was spent on the logo!

Imagine how much of that £6 million could be useful to the health service?

Again this shows the contempt our leaders have for those that elected them. Now is the perfect opportunity to show these leaders, plus the bosses and bankers who are profiting from our misery, just what we feel about them.

March 28th - April 2nd a week of actions and activities, demonstartions and protests as the G20 roadshow rumbles into town.

Sat 28 March - Put People First mass demonstration, 11 am, Central London
March for jobs, justics and climate ahead of the G20 Summit

http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/

Thurs 1 April - Financial Fools Day street Party, Midday
converge on Bank of England, storm the banks and shut down the city!

http://www.g-20meltdown.org/

Thurs 1 April - Climate Camp, 12.30
Meet: European Climate Exchange, 62 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AW
Bring a pop-up tent if you've got one, sleeping bag, wind turbine, mobile cinema, action plans and ideas

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20

Thurs 1 April - Anti-war protest march and rally, Central London
Called by Stop the War Co-alition, CND and others

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1084&Itemid=1

Fri 2 April - G20 Summit @ Excel Centre, Docklands, East London
- G20 Meltdown have planned a breakfast for the delegates

http://www.g-20meltdown.org/
- Stop The War/CND have planned protest march to the Summit

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1084&Itemid=1
- check indymedia regular for uadtes and further advertised events.

It's gonna be a big one kids.

£6 million on summit news report:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23660407-details/Ministers+attacked+for+spending+6,000+on+G20+logo+for+London/article.do

5th horseman

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£50 million

11.03.2009 11:29

"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office estimates it will come to £19 million, but some Whitehall insiders estimate it could reach £50 million." - the Times

Some mistake, more like £50 million.

11.03.2009 11:33

The amount of £6 million quoted is way short of the mark. The papers today are saying the cost to the UK taxpayer will be £50 million. The Times states this figure and says that much of it is going on security and to dodgy consultants.

Just remember this when they say that there is no money for the poor, or to protect vulnerable children, amongst others.

Siobhan

days

11.03.2009 13:07

isnt it wednesday the first of april and thursday the second of april?

anon

this Saturday's shindig

11.03.2009 20:30

£6m is how much this Saturday's jolly is estimated to cost

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4189857.Security_paramount_for_G20_conference/

bumpkin

Apparently Gleneagles G8 only cost £12.7 Million.....

13.03.2009 10:18

Lots of media getting mixed up about facts and meetings: Times article about G20 costs:

Recession summit to cost Britain £50m

"Officials say that this compares favourably with the £12.7 million cost of the Gleneagles G8 summit in 2005 and the 2008 G8 summit in Japan, which cost an estimated $285 million."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5884250.ece

£12.7 million - are they mad? Policing / security bill alone was like £60M if i remember correctly!
Maybe they meant the logo and posh biscuit budget?

budget day