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| St Paul's Cathedral camp: UK Uncut joins Occupy protest | St Paul's Cathedral camp: UK Uncut joins Occupy protest |
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| Campaign group UK Uncut has said it will join the protesters outside London's St Paul's Cathedral. | Campaign group UK Uncut has said it will join the protesters outside London's St Paul's Cathedral. |
| 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. | 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. |
| The cathedral said it was losing income and urged the protesters to move on. | The cathedral said it was losing income and urged the protesters to move on. |
| People from UK Uncut will meet at the camp and then march to Whitehall, to demand the resignation of HM Revenue and Customs' chief executive. | |
| It claims Revenue and Customs allows some big companies to avoid making certain payments. | It claims Revenue and Customs allows some big companies to avoid making certain payments. |
| A spokesman for UK Uncut said it was unsure how many people from its group would then stay on at the Occupy camp. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| 'Difficult week' | 'Difficult week' |
| A cathedral spokesman said it was losing between £16,000 and £20,000 a day. | A cathedral spokesman said it was losing between £16,000 and £20,000 a day. |
| The Reverend Rob Marshall said: "The cathedral needs around £20,000 a day to stay open." | The Reverend Rob Marshall said: "The cathedral needs around £20,000 a day to stay open." |
| 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". | 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". |
| "We're still in dialogue with the protesters and asking them to move peacefully." | "We're still in dialogue with the protesters and asking them to move peacefully." |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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." |