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St Paul's Cathedral Occupy demonstrators vow to remain St Paul's Cathedral camp: UK Uncut joins Occupy protest
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Protesters remain camped outside St Paul's in London despite pleas to leave because the cathedral and surrounding businesses are suffering. Campaign group UK Uncut has said it will join the protesters outside London's St Paul's Cathedral.
The activists have been urged by the cathedral authorities to move, amid concerns over health and safety and loss of income. The OccupyLSX group has been camped at the site for nine days, forcing services to be held behind closed doors for the first time since 1940.
A spokesman for St Paul's said businesses in the vicinity were also suffering because of the protest camp. The cathedral said it was losing income and urged the protesters to move on.
The cathedral is said to be losing between £16,000 and £20,000 a day. UK Uncut will join the demonstration and then march to Whitehall, to demand the resignation of HM Revenue and Customs' chief executive.
The protesters from Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) - which highlights what it calls corporate greed and inequality - had been asked by the Dean, the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, to leave, but refused. It claims Revenue and Customs allows some big companies to avoid making certain payments.
A number of the group have set up a second camp in Finsbury Square, Islington, to reduce the pressure on the confines of St Paul's. The protesters from OccupyLSX - which highlights what it calls corporate greed and inequality - have refused a request by St Paul's Dean, the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, to leave.
Evensong moved 'Difficult week'
On Sunday, worshippers were turned away as the cathedral held services behind closed doors for the first time since 1940. A cathedral spokesman said it was losing between £16,000 and £20,000 a day.
A cathedral spokesman said: "A lot of independent traders are being affected and that whole part of London is not easily accessible. The Reverend Rob Marshall said: "The cathedral needs around £20,000 a day to stay open."
"This is no longer just about St Paul's and it is not something we can deal with on our own." He said it had been a "difficult week" for St Paul's, but "we continue to have quite good relations with those outside in the tents".
Monday night's Evensong has been moved to Southwark Cathedral. Christmas programmes could also be at risk if the protest continues. "We're still in dialogue with the protesters and asking them to move peacefully."
Talks between cathedral staff and protesters continue. A second camp has now been set up in Finsbury Square by members of Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) in order to ease numbers, but activists outside St Paul's have pledged to remain there indefinitely.
One demonstrator, Jo, 41, said she was prepared to continue her battle indefinitely.
The unemployed activist, who has no fixed address and declined to give her surname, added: "I'll be sitting here until there's real evidence the underlying system that allows a few to get very rich while others starve will change."
Sean, an 18-year-old civil servant who declined to give his surname, said he was prepared to protest until Christmas Day and beyond.Sean, an 18-year-old civil servant who declined to give his surname, said he was prepared to protest until Christmas Day and beyond.
The teenager, who said he had taken a week off work, said: "We have the food and power to stay on and we are abiding by hygiene standards.The teenager, who said he had taken a week off work, said: "We have the food and power to stay on and we are abiding by hygiene standards.
"We are not against the church.""We are not against the church."