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30 Oct 20
Council tax support is expected to cost councils an additional £586m this year, 7% more than the £500m allocated through a dedicated fund announced in March, according to the LGA.
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29 Jan 19
Council tax arrears in England are soaring after millions of households have been stripped of funding from schemes to help them with their bills over the last five years.
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8 Jul 16
Heavy-handed tax debt collection practices being used by councils are pushing some residents further into debt, the charity Citizen’s Advice has said.
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4 May 16
Charities have called on local authorities to end the use of bailiffs against vulnerable residents after finding that council tax arrears have hit record levels.
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15 Apr 16
The cost of collecting minimum council tax payments from low-income families is “disproportionate” to the amount being chased, local authorities have told a government-commissioned review into...
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5 Apr 16
Nearly 80% of councils in England require low-income households to pay some of their council tax bill, four years after the support system was localised to town halls, a report has found today.
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3 Dec 15
The government has launched a review of the localisation of council tax support that will consider the impact of the reform on local government finance and whether further reforms should be made to...
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10 Apr 15
Local authorities faced some unenviable choices when Council Tax Benefit was devolved to town halls. Evidence is now emerging of the impact of the reforms.
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2 Apr 15
A quarter of a million low-income households in England will pay more in council tax from this month following cuts in the support schemes run by town halls, a report has concluded.
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5 Nov 14
Withdrawal of Council Tax Benefit has resulted in a postcode lottery for households that can’t pay part of the bill. Local authorities are also feeling the effects, with arrears on the increase
30 Oct 20Council tax support is expected to cost councils an additional £586m this year, 7% more than the £500m allocated through a dedicated fund announced in March, according to the LGA.
29 Jan 19Council tax arrears in England are soaring after millions of households have been stripped of funding from schemes to help them with their bills over the last five years.
10 Apr 15Local authorities faced some unenviable choices when Council Tax Benefit was devolved to town halls. Evidence is now emerging of the impact of the reforms.
5 Nov 14Withdrawal of Council Tax Benefit has resulted in a postcode lottery for households that can’t pay part of the bill. Local authorities are also feeling the effects, with arrears on the increase
