Frustrated university students vow to withhold rent payments for rooms sitting empty during lockdown
Signs by a halls of residence near Manchester University
by Bethany Rielly
News Reporter
SCORES more university students have vowed to withhold rent payments as anger grows at the prospect of forking out hundreds of pounds a week for empty rooms during the new lockdown.
Rent strike organisers told the Morning Star that they had seen sign-ups “skyrocket” since Boris Johnson’s announcement of a third national lockdown.
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