I had a three year old at home and didn’t want strangers turning up at my door, taking my stuff. I didn’t even know what a bailiff was! I ended up going to court, which was completely alien to me. It was absolutely terrifying.
Did you know that if you miss a council tax bill, the council can charge you a fine for the whole year? And on top of that, they can send in the bailiffs.
A third of people in council tax debt are in poverty, half are behind on their rent, half have mental health problems, and a quarter are skipping meals because they can’t afford to buy food.
This is why I have joined the Debt Justice campaign to Ban the Bailiffs. No one should have to experience what I went through, and if enough of us act, we can stop this archaic practice.
