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St Paul's Cathedral camp: UK Uncut joins Occupy protest St Paul's camp: Occupy London is 'tourist attraction'
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Campaign group UK Uncut has said it will join the protesters outside London's St Paul's Cathedral. Protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral have become a tourist attraction, creating "a booming trade" for some local businesses, organisers have said.
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 in London closed its doors on Friday, saying the activists' camp created health and safety issues.
The cathedral said it was losing income and urged the protesters to move on. But demonstrators "have done so much to ensure that St Paul's can remain open", said Ronan McNern, spokesman for Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX).
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. Campaign group UK Uncut has said it will join the activists.
It planned a march to Whitehall on Monday afternoon, to demand the resignation of HM Revenue and Customs' chief executive, Dave Hartnett.
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. 'Good relations'
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 OLSX protesters have been camped at the site since 15 October, highlighting what they call corporate greed and inequality.
'Difficult week' They have refused several requests from church officials to move on.
A cathedral spokesman said it was losing between £16,000 and £20,000 a day. The cathedral said it was losing up to £20,000 a day and held its Sunday services in private for the first time since 1940.
The Reverend Rob Marshall said: "The cathedral needs around £20,000 a day to stay open." The Reverend Rob Marshall 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," he said.
"We're still in dialogue with the protesters and asking them to move peacefully." Mr McNern said it was "the cathedral's decision to close, supposedly for health and safety reasons".
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. "But the rest of the restaurants and cafes around the square are doing a booming trade and have no health and safety issues.
"It's great to see tourists taking an interest, and hopefully that will help us get the dialogue we want so we can change the current situation," he added.
A second camp has now been set up in Finsbury Square by campaigners to ease numbers, but those 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."