Thanks to labour’s knobhead policy of inflation plus council tax rises there were 1.4 million households visited by bailiffs last year because of arrears.
Local councils in their kindness applied for more than three million court summonses, the number of families being pursued has risen by more than sixty percent over the past decade as council tax bills have risen sharply.
Local councils are thought to be turning more quickly to the courts to recover unpaid bills.
Caroline Spelman, the shadow secretary for communities and local government, said: “Thanks to Gordon Brown forcing council tax to double, a record number of families are now struggling to make ends meet.
"Three million households suffer the trauma of going to court due to council tax. One and a half million people now face a menacing town hall bailiff knocking at their door.
Oxfordshire magistrates issued 27,277 such orders last year and Liverpool Magistrates issued 62,608 orders.
In total, 3,121,089 orders were issued across England and Wales during the 2008-09 financial year – a rise of 700,000 in just three years.
The orders led to 1.4 million households being visited by bailiffs – a 69 percent rise since 1997.
More than 1,500 people were made bankrupt last year as a result of council tax debts.
The sharp rise in people getting into financial difficulty with their council tax bills follows big increases in the levy over the past decade.
The bill for an average home has more than doubled from £688 in 1997 to £1,414 this year.
In 2004, John Prescott, the then deputy prime minister, issued official guidance urging councils to make more use of bailiffs.
Bailiffs currently only have a right of “peaceful entry” for council tax debts and therefore can only enter people’s homes if invited.
However, legislation has been introduced which would allow bailiffs to break in – although the laws have not yet been formally introduced. But, fears are growing that bailiffs will be granted these powers in future.
The Government says it has acted recently to cap council tax rises and keep bills down.
Thanks Tone and Gord, why is it that Council tax has soared with the house prices (plus inflation plus) and now that the prices have fallen bugger all is done to reduce them.
And don’t spout about the recession and the need to raise money, the Gov had plenty of money before the crash and pissed it away on quangos, consultants and expenses, leaving the poor sod in the street to fund Labour’s balls ups.
Let’s have a revaluation of houses at today’s prices and then start again.
Angus
Local councils in their kindness applied for more than three million court summonses, the number of families being pursued has risen by more than sixty percent over the past decade as council tax bills have risen sharply.
Local councils are thought to be turning more quickly to the courts to recover unpaid bills.
Caroline Spelman, the shadow secretary for communities and local government, said: “Thanks to Gordon Brown forcing council tax to double, a record number of families are now struggling to make ends meet.
"Three million households suffer the trauma of going to court due to council tax. One and a half million people now face a menacing town hall bailiff knocking at their door.
Oxfordshire magistrates issued 27,277 such orders last year and Liverpool Magistrates issued 62,608 orders.
In total, 3,121,089 orders were issued across England and Wales during the 2008-09 financial year – a rise of 700,000 in just three years.
The orders led to 1.4 million households being visited by bailiffs – a 69 percent rise since 1997.
More than 1,500 people were made bankrupt last year as a result of council tax debts.
The sharp rise in people getting into financial difficulty with their council tax bills follows big increases in the levy over the past decade.
The bill for an average home has more than doubled from £688 in 1997 to £1,414 this year.
In 2004, John Prescott, the then deputy prime minister, issued official guidance urging councils to make more use of bailiffs.
Bailiffs currently only have a right of “peaceful entry” for council tax debts and therefore can only enter people’s homes if invited.
However, legislation has been introduced which would allow bailiffs to break in – although the laws have not yet been formally introduced. But, fears are growing that bailiffs will be granted these powers in future.
The Government says it has acted recently to cap council tax rises and keep bills down.
Thanks Tone and Gord, why is it that Council tax has soared with the house prices (plus inflation plus) and now that the prices have fallen bugger all is done to reduce them.
And don’t spout about the recession and the need to raise money, the Gov had plenty of money before the crash and pissed it away on quangos, consultants and expenses, leaving the poor sod in the street to fund Labour’s balls ups.
Let’s have a revaluation of houses at today’s prices and then start again.
Angus
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