This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Local councils to offer council tax payment breaks early cause of COVID-19
I spoke to my local council about the payments on my council tax, the only option I had was to change my payment plan from 10 months to 12. This gave a very small reduction & this would not help me financially. To take the payment breaks early when would help me financially.
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Every company is doing what they can to help their customers with payments and not being funny councils should do the same.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Decisions about alternative payment plans, including whether or not to apply the non-paying months of a 10 month payment plan to the beginning of the financial year, are for individual local councils, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could raise this issue with a local councillor, who represents you. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them:
https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors
If you want the UK Government to require local councils to suspend council tax payments, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303274
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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