{"id":11942,"date":"2016-05-04T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T23:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-numbers-of-people-in-council-tax-arrears-say-charities\/"},"modified":"2016-05-04T06:14:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T23:14:37","slug":"record-numbers-of-people-in-council-tax-arrears-say-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-numbers-of-people-in-council-tax-arrears-say-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Record numbers of people in council tax arrears, say charities"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCouncils are too quick to pass debts to bailiffs, which should be a last resort, say StepChange and Money Advice TrustRecord numbers of people are falling behind with council tax payments, according to debt charities, which are calling for an halt to increasingly \u201caggressive\u201d use of bailiffs by cash-strapped local authorities. Leading debt adviser StepChange said typical council tax arrears among its clients have jumped to \u00a3961 compared with \u00a3717 in 2011. It added that, while one in seven people seeking help on debts in 2011 had serious council tax arrears, it was now around one in three. Continue reading…
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