Today' FT has a story detailing the rising numbers of non payers of Council Tax. The story is about a survey of the worst affected authorities. Brent is mentioned, as have about 14,000 people getting Council Tax bills who have not been billed before. Some sort of rise in the numbers of non payers is inevitable in those circumstances, which I am sure will lead to criticism by the likes of Eric Pickles.
It illustrates the political trick that Pickles keeps on pulling off. Forcing local authorities to do something unpopular or which is inherently difficult to administer, and then blame them for the entirely predictable consequences of Pickles' own policy.
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