Girls take part in demonstration against the means test in Trafalgar Square . Thousands of people from all parts of London took part in the demonstration at Trafalgar Square against the Means Test regulations . The resolution called for the unqualified withdrawal of the unemployment assistance regulations and the replacement by a proper system of maintenance for the unemployed and the dependants . Mr George Lansbury MP , was one of the speakers . Photo shows , girls in the demonstration . 16 August 1936