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Council Tax help for anyone unable to afford their next monthly payment
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dailyrecord.co.ukNew analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has discovered that almost 430,000 people have missed a Council Tax payment in the last year after running out of money.
Polling by YouGov for the Scottish charity found that 32 per cent of people ran out of cash before payday and of those, 30 per cent missed a Council Tax payment as a result.
Council Tax debt is the biggest debt issue the Citizens Advice network deals with each year. The research defines ‘payday’ as including payment days for pensions and benefits and based on Scotland’s population estimates this works out to 426,000 people, according to CAS.The figures come as a series of UK-wide changes puts increased pressure on household budgets across the country.These include: The
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