Take Back Power supporters have been redistributing food from supermarkets to local foodbanks across the country this morning. Take Back Power is a nonviolent civil-resistance group, demanding that the UK government establish a ‘House of the People’- a permanent citizen-led assembly with the power to tax extreme wealth. [1]
From around 8:30 this morning, teams across four UK cities- Manchester, London, Exeter and Truro, entered supermarkets and began putting food and necessities into boxes emblazoned with ‘These things are going to those that need them’. The Take Back Power supporters left the shops without paying for the produce and then redistributed these items to local food-bank drop off points.
In Exeter, a team of five supporters took five boxes of produce from Morrison’s supermarket in Prince Charles Road, however were stopped by security who took away two of five boxes. The remaining three boxes were successfully liberated and taken to a local food-bank drop off point.
From 9am, in London, on liberating boxes of food, two supporters set up a stall outside Sainsburys in the Lewisham centre, to give the food back to the local community. Security staff arrived by around 9:40 and police arrived onsite at around 9:50. No arrests have been made as of yet and the supporters left at around 10am.
In Manchester, three action takers filled boxes with food from Tesco, on Pars Wood Lane in Didsbury. All three left the store without incident and redistributed the food to a food-bank drop off point at a local Aldi.
In Truro, two supporters loaded boxes from the Sainsburys on Treyew Rd and left the produce at the foodbank drop-off point in the same store.
A spokesperson for Take Back Power said:
“It is sickening that 6.5 million people in the UK are forced to turn to food banks every year and a third of children under five are living in homes where there is insufficient access to nutritious food. This is because our country is in crisis, with billionaires hoarding wealth, whilst ordinary people suffer. We need to tax extreme wealth to fix Britain, and we need ordinary people to decide how.”
(Credit for image on the left and far right to The Canary)
One of those taking action today is Eve Middleton 25, from Manchester, who said:
“I refuse to sit by while billionaires hoard wealth and capture our democracy. We can all see the impacts of inequality on our streets, in our schools and hospitals and in our own homes. Taxing the super rich is the first simple step to solving these crises. Yet our political system will not deliver a wealth tax, as it is rigged to benefit parasitic billionaires instead of the masses. It’s time for ordinary people to be put at the heart of decision making, through a House of the People with powers to tax the rich and fix Britain.”
(Credit for image to The Canary)
Also taking action is Ruth Cook, 74, a company director from Somerset, who said:
“I’m taking this action and risking arrest because we have a terrible situation in this country. Families are struggling and children are going hungry, while the profits some companies make are obscene. The answer is to tax the super-rich. I’m taking this food and delivering it to a food bank collection point because we need to do something about this. We need to tax the super rich and give ordinary people a say in how our taxes are spent. Join us at takebackpower.net.”
Today’s action comes in the wake of the raid of a Quakers meeting house and the arrest of 15 people during a nonviolence training last week. One other was arrested at their home on Thursday and the houses of seven supporters have been raided by police in connection with these actions so far.
This occurs as the UK remains in crisis. Last year, 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going hungry due to a lack of money. Whilst in 2024, 6.5 million people turned to food banks. [2]
Take Back Power is demanding that the UK government establish a permanent House of the People- a citizen’s assembly chosen by democratic lottery, that has the power to tax extreme wealth and fix Britain.
Until the government makes a meaningful statement in response to our demand, we will undertake nonviolent action to resist the super-rich, who are driving us towards social collapse. Donate or sign up to take action at TakeBackPower.net.
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Notes to Editors
[1] Take Back Power is a nonviolent civil resistance group in the UK. We aim to put the 99% in charge through citizens’ assemblies. We are ordinary people from all walks of life who believe that in order to fix Britain, we have to tax the rich. And we don’t think the rich should get a veto. We want the people to decide how we tax the rich through a legally-binding citizen’s assembly – A House of the People. It’s time for the 99% to have 99% of a say!
Join us to demand a permanent House of the People with powers to tax the rich and fix Britain.
[2] https://www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/publications/report/hunger-in-the-uk-2025
