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The government claims that the G20 summit will cost about £20 million The police operation will cost £7.2 million Labour claims it is a good investment for London Newham is the sixth most deprived local authority in England Some 69 percent of children in Newham are in low income families Some 8,737 people in the borough are on unemployment benefits, with 739 new claims in February

Comedian and activist Mark Thomas spoke at the Hyde Park rally after the Put People March march last Saturday. He was cheered as he said, "We are here to kill neoliberal capitalism."

The week of protests against the G20 summit to be held in London this week kicked off on Saturday with the Put People First march in central London organised by a broad coalition of trade unions, NGOs and activist groups.

Workers from the occupied Prisme packaging plant in Dundee will be joining the Put People First march in London this Saturday.

Staff and students at Birkbeck College in central London celebrated a victory over poverty pay for cleaning and catering staff last week.

Workers and students at London Metropolitan University were cheered by the news of vice-chancellor Brian Roper’s resignation last week. But they were also clear that the fight to save jobs at the university is far from over.

Around 80 people protested against the newly opened army showroom in Hackney, east London, last Saturday.

NUT and NASUWT teachers’ union members took joint strike action at the Royal Docks school in Newham, east London, on Thursday of last week.

The PCS civil service workers’ union is resisting plans to close down the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) at the Archway Tower in north London and relocate its 500 workers to the north and across London.

The RMT transport union began a strike ballot of its 10,000 members on London Underground and Transport for London this week over pay and job cuts.

When London taxi driver John Worboys was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting his passengers, it emerged that many women had been reporting attacks for almost seven years, only to have their claims dismissed by the police as "no crime".

Tens of thousands of people will converge on London this Saturday for the Put People First demonstration in the run-up to next week’s G20 summit of world leaders.