News Benefits claimants face spike in ‘aggressive and intimidating’ bailiffs over unpaid council tax New figures show council using greater number of enforcement agents to recover debt from residents already on council tax support Author: Hackney Citizen
News Scrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’ Author: Hackney Citizen
News Bailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments Author: Hackney Citizen