The number of people struggling with council tax payments has rocketed since Council Tax Benefit was replaced by localised Council Tax Support schemes in April 2013. In the first three months of this year 27,000 people with a council tax arrears problem got help from Citizens Advice – a 17 per cent increase on the same period last year.

 

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/pressoffice/press_index/press_office-newpage-20140526.htm
 

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