households owe billions ahead of bill rise

Struggling households owe billions of kilos in unpaid council tax, however payments are anticipated to maintain rising within the years forward.Newly-published figures present £6.6bn is owed to native authorities in England, with an additional £642m having been added to these arrears within the 12 months to April.Separate information from Scotland and Wales means the entire cumulative quantity owed within the three nations has hit greater than £8bn.Campaigners have referred to as for a extra sympathetic strategy to council tax debt assortment, reasonably than the usage of bailiffs.Whereas the federal government is proposing a change within the guidelines over the best way unpaid payments are chased, the Treasury can be assuming council tax will rise by 5% a 12 months sooner or later.Councils can elevate council tax by as much as this quantity, though they will go above this cover in the event that they maintain a neighborhood referendum or get approval from central authorities.