Recent reports in this category are shown below:
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Birmingham City Council (25 007 006)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about council tax liability. Mr X can appeal to the Valuation Tribunal, and it is reasonable to expect him to do this. For the other parts of Mr X’s complaint, we could not add to the Council’s investigation, and we cannot achieve the outcome he seeks.
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (25 007 250)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Housing benefit and council tax benefit 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council providing the wrong advice about claiming Universal Credit. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault to justify investigation.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s delay in issuing Miss X’s council tax bill. This is because an investigation would not achieve a different outcome for her.
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Sheffield City Council (25 007 856)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about Council tax arrears. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to warrant our involvement.
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Plymouth City Council (25 008 654)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to notify Miss X about a new council tax account set up in her name. This is because there is insufficient fault to warrant an investigation.
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City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (25 006 360)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to pass on the council tax debt to an enforcement agency. This is because it would not be a good use of public money to do so.
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Coventry City Council (25 011 579)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a Council tax discount and reduction because there is a right of appeal to a Valuation Tribunal.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 28-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about exemption from Council tax because there is a right of appeal to a Valuation Tribunal.
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (25 007 239)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 27-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a council tax summons. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council to warrant an investigation, and further investigation would not lead to a different outcome.
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London Borough of Southwark (25 007 733)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Local welfare payments 27-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about welfare payments because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council.