Bailiffs have been filmed appearing to carry and drag several University of Manchester students from their halls, amid a rent strike over soaring prices.<br /><br />Footage shows multiple officers carrying people by their arms and legs out of the Simon Building and a statement from campaign group University of Manchester Rent Strike 2023 claims student protesters were “forcefully evicted”.<br /><br />“On Wednesday (22 March) morning officers of the High Court attended the Simon Building to enforce a court order, on a small group of students who had been illegally occupying rooms there since 13 February 2023,” the University of Manchester said, in a statement to The Independent.<br /><br />They added: “We very much regret having to do this, but the situation has been going on for a significant amount of time and has caused ongoing disruption to students and the people who work in the building.”<br /><br />Hundreds of students are understood to have cancelled their rent payments in January, demanding a 30 per cent reduction.
