YORK council @CityofYork have pushed people into #debt through #benefit changes - @AdviceYork Advice York, a partnership of advice organisations, says City of York Council was needlessly excessive in cutting #CouncilTax support last year, leading many of the citys #poorest residents to go further into debt or to default on other bills, although the council denied it had erred and defended its record. Advice York yesterday published Pushed Into Poverty, based on interviews with 50 of its member groups clients, and called urgently for change. It said: The council tax support scheme implemented in York as a result of 10 Downing Streets decision to abolish #CouncilTaxBenefit is doing damage to some of Yorks poorest and most struggling residents. The authors found a third of respondents had paid their council tax only by getting into further debt, including some using #LoanSharks. Furthermore, 54 per cent of respondents did not know the system had changed, 88 per cent did not know there had been consultation, 78 per cent found the new system unfair and only four per cent (two out of 50 people) felt the new system reflected local needs.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:40:48 +0000
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