MOTHERS involved in Extinction Rebellion's climate change activism will hold a mass breastfeeding event in Oxford next weekend.

The group is set to gather at the Westgate Centre on August 28, to demand that the Bank of England and the Government stop funding firms destroying the climate and instead prioritise a green recovery from the pandemic.

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The parents and their young children will stage a 'Feed-In for the Future' in support of a simultaneous protest by London-based families outside the Bank of England.

The event will see some mothers breastfeeding their babies, whilst others, who wish to remain at home but still participate in the action, can use an object to replace them.

One mother of two Lizzie Moore explained why she will take part in the protest: "I am terrified that I will have to explain to my two daughters why we did not take action on climate change whilst we still had the chance.

"As a public health doctor I am trained to look at the wider picture.

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"Failure to put climate change at the very centre of the UK’s Covid-19 recovery strategy is like treating a symptom, rather than the cause."

The event will start at 12pm outside of John Lewis.