As a debt advisor at StepChange, I regularly experience firsthand how aggressive council tax enforcement practices push vulnerable people into precarious financial and emotional situations. StepChange ...

Aberdeen City Council is still to contact or refund taxpayers after an employee was able to embezzle more than £1m over a ...

UK council tax arrears hit £4.4 billion, forcing 1.3 million cases to bailiffs in 2023/24. London and South East lead in ...

Hackney ranks fifth nationally for unpaid council tax, with over £71.7 million owed. Across the UK, council tax debt has hit £4.4 billion, ...

The Scottish Government has awarded £400,000 to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) to improve access to help for people struggling with Council Tax debt. Building on successful pilot schemes funded ...

Labour councils are chasing almost twice as much unpaid council tax as Conservative-led authorities, data shows.

Over 4.4 million council tax bills have gone unpaid, piling up a staggering £4.4 billion in debt – and forcing over one million people into the hands of bailiffs, according to a survey Property ...

with £62 million owed across all accounts in council tax arrears. The average debt for councils stands at £997. London and the South East top the charts for total council tax debt, with £905 ...