bailiffs

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Reports

‘They needed to know how wrong this was’: one woman’s battle against council bailiffs

Bristol City Council claims to have an ‘ethical’ debt collection policy, but has sent bailiffs to thousands of vulnerable residents’ doors. After pressure from ACORN, the council has finally committed to investigate.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Image of bailiffs during an eviction at a home in Easton, Bristol (credit: Alex Turner)

Mum-of-two ‘dragged downstairs naked’ during brutal eviction for historic debt to council

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Moving on: Bristol's Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Pandemic evictions and the Police and Crime Bill leave travelling communities fearful of what comes next

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

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Charities call on councils nationwide to follow Bristol on bailiffs

Debt and anti-poverty campaigners react to new debt collection approach in Bristol

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn
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Breakthrough: Council takes step towards booting out bailiffs

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Voices

“He said that he was nearby, and was going to come over and take my things”

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

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A rapper has made a track to #bootoutbailiffs

This local rapper is using his skills to call on the council to #bootoutbailiffs

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn and K*ners

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“I owed £1. Bailiffs and the council forced me to pay £311″

This mum and carer was forced to pay 311 times more than the debt she owed.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

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Ministry of Justice announces crackdown on ‘rogue bailiffs’

Government report puts council tax bailiffs in the spotlight as Cable campaign gathers pace.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

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Revealed: Tory financiers are cashing in on the bailiffs used by the council

The bailiff firm most used by Bristol City Council to collect council tax debts is part-owned by a firm of financiers closely linked to - and major donors of - the Tory party, the Cable can reveal.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

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The council have set bailiffs on tens of thousands of Bristolians. But there is another way.

This investigation is part of a Bristol Cable campaign calling on the council to stop using bailiffs to collect council tax.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn