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Council tax debt could rise and fuel cost of living crisis, warns top charity

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A charity has warned a spike in council tax debt for people on low incomes could make a difficult Winter even harder.Rising energy bills, high inflation and looming tax rises will be a triple whammy for many hard-pressed Scots in 2022.Citizens Advice Scotland, which advises folk with financial problems, fears council tax arrears may also go up.

They estimate 1,422 people sought their help in 2020/21, the first year of the pandemic, with complex debt issues including the council tax.

In that year alone they owed a cumulative £4.1m to their local authorities.The average debt was £2,925 – almost three times the average council tax bill of £1,198.In the first two quarters of 2021/22, the total debt stood at over £3.5m - an average of £3,513.Ov

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