The extra money will be used to help the Met Police tackle phone theft and cover a deficit at Transport for London
council tax
Campaign group Acorn accuses council of "profiting from hardship" but local authority says it doesn't send bailiffs to people deemed vulnerable
It comes after a trade union urged the council to end its use of private bailiffs to collect unpaid council tax
Council tax will rise by just under 5% while savings of £29million are also made to balance the books
Enfield and Haringey are among the boroughs where Band D households will need to pay over £2,000 per year from April onwards
Haringey councillors are due to vote next week on a budget containing £19m of savings and a 5% council tax rise
London’s empty homes are now said to have a total estimated value of more than £20billion, reports Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter London boroughs...
More than 8,000 cases of council tax debt were passed to bailiffs in Haringey in a year, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter credit Towfiqu Barbhuiya...
More details of council tax reduction scheme to come… By Russell Hargrave An anti-poverty campaigner has welcomed Haringey Council’s plans to reform council...
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