Feelings ran high throughout the march and coinciding protests saw, RBS Bank, Scientology and Starbucks branches targeted in a wave of anger against the vicious cuts and double standards adopted by the current Con-Dem government

The march ended with a rally in the city's Cathedral Gardens and was organised by Greater Manchester Association of Trades Union Councils, supported by the Bakers' Food & Allied Workers' Union, Manchester Trades Council, Manchester Coalition Against Cuts, Disabled People Against Cuts, Unison Manchester Mental Health & Community Branch and South Manchester UNITE Community Branch.

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