Workers protest at London property prices

Workers including firefighters, nurses and train drivers have gathered to "view" luxury flats in London to protest about rising property prices.

Two dozen professionals, who increasingly cannot afford to buy london houses, met at a new development on the banks of the Thames on Thursday.

Organised by the local Trades Union Congess (TUC), the group "surprised" staff at a sales office near Vauxhall Bridge for the viewing of the flats, for which the prices start at £350,000.

Geoff Martin, of Battersea and Wandsworth TUC, who was leading the protest, stressed that the demonstration was not designed to be confrontational.

He explained that as prices continue to rise, the workers, who also included social care staff, paramedics and teachers, would need an annual salary of £100,000 to afford available housing. More >>