‘Nobody else is going to save us’: the direct action group taking on the UK’s banks, bailiffs and water firms
A Guardian feature profiles Acorn, the community union founded in Bristol in 2014, whose direct-action campaigns take on banks, bailiffs and water firms over the cost of living. It says Yasmin's water-bill campaign grew into national Dignity Not Debt protests on 20 August that forced Yorkshire Water, Severn Trent, United Utilities and Welsh Water into negotiations and won concessions, including commitments on bailiffs and debt collection.
