Hundreds of thousands of people have been taken to court
in England for non-payment of council tax owing to benefit changes, according
to the Labour Party. Labour said 112 English councils had reported issuing
156,000 court summonses since April to people paying more tax as a result of
the changes. That meant 450,000 individuals may have been taken to court across
the whole of England in six months, it claimed. Read more on the BBC website.
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