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Torbay Council (10 002 564) Council failings led it to make a man with mental health problems bankrupt.
04 May 2011
Slough Borough Council (10 007 469) Bailiffs’ practice of threatening to take low value items and charging fees for doing so was criticised by the LGO.
12 April 2011
Manchester City Council (07B10432 FR) The Council has refused to pay compensation for injustice caused by its approach to recovering council tax debt through bankruptcy proceedings.
29 March 2011
Brighton & Hove City Council (08 014 087) There was a significant failure in the way Brighton & Hove City Council made a woman bankrupt for unpaid council tax and parking fines.
03 February 2010
Thurrock Council (09 006 694) The Council charged an illegal £400 fee for administering a council tax payment plan it had agreed as an alternative to making a man bankrupt,
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