Local authorities in England referred at least 280,000 households to bailiffs over council tax debt in the first year of the pandemic, and asked for more than 115,000 people to have their benefits deducted to clear their arrears. Councils adopted widely differing approaches to council tax arrears as the economy froze and unemployment rose during 2020-21, with some councils suspending all debt-recovery action while others continued to pursue thousands of households. Councils passed 281,380 households to bailiffs in 2020-21 – with at least 93,031 of cases relating to council tax arrears that built up during the course of that year, rather than previous years. Read more on the Observer website.
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