Council tax - under what conditions can payment be delayed/not payed?

RayWolfe

leontubrok wrote: »

In other words, just keep paying your tax, keep quiet and when u see the collectors sat in the pub after their half days work of bad collecting, thank them. afterall thats what this country is built on, crap service and high tax

Welcome to MSE.
We really need more prats like yourself making inane comments without making any effort to assist questioners.

leontubrok

Right, useful comments like accusing people its their fault for putting the waste out when it doesnt get collected and assuming its a bad service due to xmas holidays, when it happens all year round, and calling people prats when they have a complaint of bad service, whatever, its obviously just a opportunity for people like you to just go on a power trip, saddo, bye!

Fire_Fox

leontubrok wrote: »

Right, useful comments like accusing people its their fault for putting the waste out when it doesnt get collected and assuming its a bad service due to xmas holidays, when it happens all year round, and calling people prats when they have a complaint of bad service, whatever, its obviously just a opportunity for people like you to just go on a power trip, saddo, bye!

Does it? Evidence please. Local councils produce stats of hitting targets and of complaints - I am assuming yours are much higher than average? :rolleyes:

charlesworth82

yeah lets all sit back and never complain and get ripped off like true brits!!

And asking for evidence of poor service on a forum - what kind of plonkers are on this site!!

olly300

OP if you have a problem with a particular service like refuse collection then you need to complain. You cannot withhold your council tax unless you want to go to prison.

Firstly complain via telephone or via the council's online web form that the block's rubbish hasn't been collected and get a reference number. Keep it and all details of your complaint in a diary.

The next time it happens complain again and this time contact the Head of the department for Refuse Collection/Waste Management/Environmental Services in writing with information about both complaints. Then also write a short letter to your local news paper. If the letter is long they won't publish it.

This is normally enough to stop it happening again as other people will contact the local paper and contact the Head of Waste Management (or whatever they are called). However if not the third time it happens contact your local newspaper first and ask them if they can send a photographer over. Or get someone to take a picture of you in front of the rubbish and send it to them.

There will not be a fourth time.