From Revd Paul Nicolson of Taxpayers Against Poverty
EVERY ONE SHOULD SEND A COPY OF "Council tax support; the continuing story"
http://www.local.gov.uk/…/ad9031f0-d982-428d-bf98-5418b74a8…
TO THEIR LOCAL MP.
"Council
Tax Support - the continuing story" was published by the Local
Government Association in January 2015. They call on the new government
to fully fund council tax support, acknowledging that the current scheme
costs the councils millions of pounds and has increased the cost of
living for some of the poorest..
They
estimate that councils will have lost £1 billion over the three years
since April 2013 when they dumped the whole of the 10% cut in
central government funding of council tax benefit on benefit claimants
by taxing their poverty incomes in work and unemployment.
Over
three million late and non payers are still being summoned to the
Magistrates courts in England and Wales every year thousands at a time,
adding court costs while threatening the bailiffs and prison to
residents who cannot pay the tax.
A council tax scandal.
Good wishes,
Paul
PS I also strongly recommend a read of this important research from Harvard University USA.. As
Ian Duncan Smith renews his reign at the DWP it is time for him to ask
what is wrong with his perspective on poverty rather than base policies
on the assumption that poverty is the fault of his poorest fellow
citizens.
from the Rev Paul Nicolson
Taxpayers Against Poverty
No British citizen without an affordable home and an adequate income in work or unemployment.
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