Bailiffs have moved in to evict a number of students at the University of Manchester in an ongoing row over rent and living conditions.
Students have withheld their rent in protest, saying their accommodation is not fit to live in with mould and mice.
The Rent Strike group claim that in January over 350 students at the university announced that they were withholding rent, which they say amounted to £500,000, in protest at bosses increasing the 'already sky-high rent by up to £450 for the 2022 academic year'.
They have occupied Simon Building on Oxford Road since February 2023. Prior to that, they had refused to leave other key buildings on the campus.
They want a 30% reduction and a refund of same rents already paid.
As bailiffs lifted students by arms and legs and carried them from the building, fellow protestors sang chants in support.
