Unable to pay your
Council Tax Bill?
Worried about
getting
into council tax debt?
Want to build
solidarity with other claimants to fight these cuts?
CTB Information
Meetings
information,
support, campaign
Every 2 weeks starting
Thursday March 21, 7pm
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Defend Council Tax Benefit Campaign is
running regular sessions in the city centre from Thursday 21 March to monitor
the impact of Council Tax Benefit cuts, provide information to people who may
not be able to pay their bills and invite them to join the campaign.
The Government has scrapped the
national Council Tax Benefit scheme and from 1st April this year
local councils have to start their own scheme with less money. Under Nottingham City’s new Council
Tax Support Scheme, council tax benefit is being cut by 8.5% for all working
age claimants and from April 2014, Nottingham City Council proposes a cut of
20%.
Council tax bills are arriving on peoples’ doorsteps this month causing
anger, anxiety and distress as many claimants already on the breadline are being
asked to pay amounts they can’t afford. The cuts affect people on low incomes, in part time work,
unemployed or unable to work because of sickness (pensioners are not affected
at the present time)
The sessions are:
7pm Thursday 21 March and every
alternate Thursday
International Community Centre
Mansfield Road
Nottingham
International Community Centre
Mansfield Road
Nottingham
For more information
(and to check re holidays etc.) contact:
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Defend
Council Tax Benefits Campaign on 07505 135 807
or by email on: defendcounciltaxbenefits@yahoo.co.uk
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