This is a really regressive tax disproportionately hitting the poorest > Council tax bills could rise by £100 a year as government relaxes caphttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/19/council-tax-bills-could-rise-100-a-year-government-relaxes-cap-sajid-javid?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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In 2013, govt scrapped council tax benefit, so even people on benefits pay part. Benefits are subsistence! And often delayed/sanctioned! So people end up in court, with possibility of jail, but usually council taking money direct from benefitshttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/15/thousands-court-council-tax-arrears-benefit-cuts-bedroom-tax?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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I've been to the courts: scores of terrified people queueing. Piddlimg arrears snowball and financially ruin people https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/05/cuts-council-tax-support-benefits-no-joke …pic.twitter.com/lYBZ4vpGqt
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Add to that, the @childrensociety have found many children terrified by the use of bailiffs in recovering council tax debthttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/02/bedroom-tax-cuts-council-tax-support-poor-people …
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