UK Uncut is a British-based protest group established in October 2010 to protest against tax avoidance in the UK and to raise awareness about cuts to public services.

The idea of UK Uncut originated in late 2010 with a group of ten activists in a North London pub who were having a discussion about the lack of resistance to the public sector cuts. Private Eye had just published an article about Vodafone avoiding tax so they organised a protest against Vodafone on Oxford Street. Protesters met at Piccadilly and successfully closed the Oxford Street Vodafone store. Since then the protests have grown dramatically and dozens of actions are organised all around the UK on each day of action. The UK Uncut protests are known for their use of social networking and the internet to organise many protests around the country without central control. Messages concerning protests are advertised through Twitter, Facebook and other websites so that large groups of people can be mobilised very quickly. A similar protest group inspired by UK Uncut has formed in the USA under the name US Uncut. The protest also spread to other European countries, creating decentralized protest groups like Portugal Uncut.

(thanks to Lee ‘Deathcare’ Nelson for compiling this list)

Main Facebook page for UK Uncut: - www.facebook.com/ukuncut
Main Website for UK Uncut: - www.ukuncut.org.uk/

Ireland - www.facebook.com/IrelandUncut
Scotland - www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Uncut-Scotland/231368840228413

Other UK Uncut groups and pages on facebook…

Aberdeen - www.facebook.com/aberdeenuncut

Belfast - www.facebook.com/belfastuncut

Birmingham - www.facebook.com/BirminghamUncut

Bradford - www.facebook.com/bradforduncut

Burnley - www.facebook.com/ukuncutburnley

Calderdale - www.facebook.com/calderdaleuncut

Cambridge - www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-Uncut/213335102028340

Cardiff - www.facebook.com/CardiffUncut

Cheshire West - www.facebook.com/pages/Uk-Uncut-Cheshire-West/215077061850813

Coventry - www.facebook.com/coventryuncut

Croydon - www.facebook.com/pages/Croydon-Uncut/142604075816236

Derby - www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195262473879337

Dudley - www.facebook.com/dudleyuncut

Durham - www.facebook.com/pages/Durham-Uncut/182498681791742

Edinburgh - www.facebook.com/EdinburghUncut

Glasgow - www.facebook.com/glasgowuncut

Harrogate - www.facebook.com/pages/HG-Uncut/168181559896072

Hounslow - www.facebook.com/pages/Hounslow-Uncut/180024328694508

Hull - www.facebook.com/hulluncut

Inverness - www.facebook.com/pages/Inverness-Uncut/148728925206560

Kirklees - www.facebook.com/kirkleesuncut

Leeds - www.facebook.com/leedsuncut

Leicester - www.facebook.com/leicesteruncut

Lewes - www.facebook.com/pages/Lewes-Uncut/194901427206262

Liverpool - www.facebook.com/liverpooluncut

London - www.facebook.com/londonuncut

Manchester - www.facebook.com/ukuncutmanc

Newcastle - www.facebook.com/newcastleuncut

Norfolk - www.facebook.com/pages/Uk-Uncut-Norfolk/100171500066073

Northampton - www.facebook.com/pages/Northampton-Uncut/159877010727873

Nottingham - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001942436366

Plymouth - www.facebook.com/pages/Plymouth-Uncut/182039851812986

Reading - www.facebook.com/readinguncut

Salford - www.facebook.com/salforduncut

Scunthorpe - www.facebook.com/pages/Scunthorpe-Uncut/152546134816950

Sheffield - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002463157419

Somerset - www.facebook.com/pages/Somerset-Uncut/155895264460236

Southampton - www.facebook.com/pages/Southampton-Uncut/126115974124027

Southwark - www.facebook.com/pages/Southwark-Uncut/169621073085534

Stoke - www.facebook.com/stokeuncut

Suffolk - www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Uncut-Suffolk/113748172035471

Swindon - www.facebook.com/swindonuncut

Tower Hamlets - www.facebook.com/pages/Tower-Hamlets-Uncut/110279052388200

Wakefield - www.facebook.com/wakefielduncut

Wolverhampton - www.facebook.com/wolverhamptonuncut