[Diggers350] Hundreds of ACORN members shut down Leeds conference in bailiff day of action

[Tony Gosling]

Hundreds of ACORN members shut down conference in bailiff day of action
October 16, 2025
https://acorntheunion.org.uk/acorn-members-shut-down-conference-in-bailiff-action/
https://tlio.org.uk/hundreds-of-acorn-members-shut-down-leeds-bailiff-conference-in-day-of-action/
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Hundreds of ACORN members from across England and 
Wales came together in Leeds this week for the 
first national day of action in our Bailiff Free Britain campaign.

Over 300 members from branches across the country 
disrupted the annual conference of the Civil 
Court Users Association, one of the main events 
for bailiff and debt collection companies. The 
conference hosted representatives from some of 
Britain’s largest enforcement firms, but when 
ACORN arrived, they didn’t stick around for long. 
Members filled the building, hung banners from 
the balconies, and within minutes the event was abandoned.

With the building taken over, ACORN members 
inside hosted our own panel on the fight for a 
Bailiff Free Britain. Members shared experiences 
of being in council tax debt, bailiff harassment, 
and the impact on families and communities. 
Together we made it clear that the days of 
bullying and intimidation for profit are numbered.

After shutting down the conference, members 
marched to Leeds Civic Hall where a group 
occupied the lobby to demand that Leeds City 
Council and Cllr Asghar Khan meet with ACORN 
Leeds. The council had ignored requests for a 
meeting for months, but after hundreds of members 
arrived and made themselves heard, Cllr Khan came 
down to meet us in person. A formal meeting to 
discuss ACORN’s demands and the wider campaign was quickly confirmed.

The Leeds action was part of ACORN’s national 
Bailiff Free Britain campaign, which is calling 
for an end to the use of bailiffs to collect 
council tax debt and for fairer, more supportive 
alternatives. Across England and Wales, council 
tax debt has now reached almost £7 billion, and 
more than 1.4 million households were referred to 
bailiffs last year. Meanwhile, bailiff companies 
are making tens of millions of pounds in profit 
while people already struggling through the cost 
of living crisis are being pushed even deeper into debt.

ACORN is demanding an end to the use of bailiffs 
for council tax collection, proper support for 
people in arrears, caps on excessive fees, an end 
to imprisonment for non-payment, and a fairer 
alternative to the council tax system. These 
changes would protect millions of people and stop 
councils from relying on private companies that profit from poverty.
SIGN OUR OPEN LETTER HERE

The day in Leeds showed what happens when 
working-class people stand together. Hundreds of 
members forced the bailiff industry to abandon 
its own conference, won a meeting with the 
council after months of being ignored, and made 
our demands impossible to ignore.

 From Leeds to Cardiff to Bristol, ACORN members 
are proving that when communities get organised, 
we can take on powerful industries and win. The 
fight for a Bailiff Free Britain has only just 
begun, join ACORN today to be a part of it.
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