Labour Party conference rally

The union is laying on coaches and buses to ensure a large turnout for the event as politicians gather in Brighton for the annual Labour Party conference.
 
The protestors will assemble at Madeira Drive from 12.30 and will march past the Brighton Conference Centre, where the conference is taking place, on to a rally at the Lower Esplanade opposite the Metropole Hotel at 2pm.
 
Confirmed Speakers include:

• Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary
• Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary
• Peter Murray, NUJ President
• Martin Reed, NUT President
• Jeremy Corbyn MP
• John McDonnell MP
• Lindsay German Convenor, Stop the War

UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, will say: 'The rally should act as a wake-up call to all politicians. Making cuts to the public sector is not the way ahead for this country. Reducing investment and sacking educators during a recession is an act of academic vandalism. Where will the next generation of doctors, nurses, engineers and social workers come from if not universities? Who will provide the opportunity for unemployed people to learn and retrain if not colleges?
 
'The prime minister has rightly said that education is the key driver to get Britain out of recession. Now is the time for him and the government to put their money where their mouth is and invest in our colleges and universities rather than make cuts. We believe that education is a right, not something to be bought and sold and it is essential that funding is targeted at providing a second chance for the most vulnerable.'