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The protests were in reaction to living conditions in university accommodation provided by the University of Manchester and the cost of living crisis. [2] The goals of the protesters were for a 30% reduction in rent for halls of residence, [3] 30% of the October payment to be refunded, no rent increases for the next three years, to make 40% of student halls affordable (as per NUS guidelines ...
The 2020 University of Manchester protests were a series of student protests and rent strikes at the University of Manchester in England. The protests began on 5 November 2020, and occupations ended on 25 November 2020. The protest was in reaction to perceived mishandling of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by university management. [1]
Protest demands vary from campus to campus, but a major focus is that universities divest from companies with financial ties to Israel amid its war with Hamas. There have also been counter ...
The protests were policed by officers from 14 forces. [50] 5 March 2011 Rochdale: 500 Around 500 EDL protesters congregated at Rochdale town centre's war memorial. A counter-protest was held by around 150 people from Unite Against Fascism, with the two groups being kept 100 feet apart by police. 31 people were arrested. [51] 12 March 2011 ...
Protesting against George W. Bush in 2008. This is a list of protests and protest movements in the United Kingdom.Protest in the UK has concerned issues such as suffrage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, parliamentary reform from the Chartists to the present day, poverty, wages and working conditions, fuel prices, war, human rights, immigration (both for and against), fathers' rights ...
Thousands of people have protested in support of the besieged Gaza Strip in London and other UK cities. The Metropolitan Police said “up to 100,000” took part in a pro-Palestine march in ...
Sep. 6—Manchester aldermen have approved an ordinance establishing a new Housing Stability Department, but not without concerns from some over the necessity of such a move. Officials hit the ...
In Stoke-on-Trent, a far-right march clashed with local counter-protest groups, primarily made up of Muslim men and youth, [110] outside a local mosque, with missiles thrown at riot police. [111] [112] Three officers were injured and 10 people were arrested. [103] In Manchester, 'scuffles' with police led to two arrests.