ATTENTION CAMBRIDGE We are searching for 11 high rise buildings in Cambridge with the same ACM cladding as Grenfell Tower, and which local authorities have not identified. If you have any information regarding the location of these properties, please contact us via DM or email.

We had a great day at ARU's housing fair. We handed out all our leaflets, got plenty of petition signatures, had plenty of renter bingo games, and even got some leads for doorknocking and potential member defence cases!

Last week, Mayor Nik Johnson confirmed that bus franchising will go ahead in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. ACORN Cambridge campaigned hard for a year to galvanise the public in support of a bus network run in their interest instead of profits. And we succeeded big time!!

Yesterday work & pensions secretary Liz Kendall announced plans to reform the welfare system in a bid to save £5billion, with cuts that could see up to 1.2 million people £thousand worse off each year. (🧵)

At the same time, the Government is paying private landlords £14 billion via housing benefit each year, due to our broken housing system, sky high rents and lack of social homes.

Instead of cuts that take from those who need help most and will push more people into poverty, the Government could…

Fix our broken housing system - a key driver of ill health - by introducing rent controls & investing in council housing so people can afford a good home and public money isn’t lining the pockets of private landlords.

Reform our council tax system to stop those struggling to pay from being pushed further into debt, and replace it with a system that taxes wealth and land ownership.

Invest in proper support services and social care to give people the help they need, and invest in the NHS to cut waiting times, and empower people to get back to work sooner if they are able to.

YOU can help make a difference and stand against these cuts. Write to your MP now! acornuk.good.do/englandcampaig…

18,000 "affordable" homes while 1.3 million people are on the social housing wait list.

Ever wonder what ACORN's all about? Our organizer Dan is joining us in Cambridge this Saturday to tell you all about it! RSVP here: acorntheunion.org.uk/acorn_101_trai…

🎉 Announcing a HUGE WIN in ACORN Liverpool’s Welsh Streets campaign, with hundreds of households winning an 80% reduction in a planned massive rent hike…