Households in Scotland are chased for missed local authority payments for up to 20 years – despite the equivalent rule in England being just six years.
Scots could have their council tax debt written off under a Green party proposal to help families trapped in “cycles of poverty”.
Households in Scotland are chased for missed local authority payments for up to 20 years – despite the equivalent rule in England being just six years.
Ross Greer, Scottish Greens co-leader, will table an amendment to the Housing Bill calling for debts to be written off earlier when the legislation is debated later today.
Anti-poverty campaigners have raised concerns that if a family has been unable…