One ACORN activist had a sign reading boot the bailiffs

Protesters have been removed from Liverpool Town Hall after they interrupted a meeting of the city council to demand a bailiff free Britain. As members of the local authority gathered on Water Street to discuss Liverpool’s economic position on Wednesday evening, members of community-based union ACORN staged a loud intervention.

Chanting “bailiff free Britain” and brandishing a flag with the ACORN logo, half a dozen activists attempted to take to the front of the Town Hall chamber to make their voices heard. The union has been campaigning nationally to end the use of bailiffs for the collection of council tax debt.

The meeting was brought to a halt just after 6.20pm after Anfield member Cllr Billy Marrat made his maiden speech

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