Tag: bailiffs
Charity slams use of Bailiffs
Well known Debt charity organisations StepChange and the Money Advice Trust (MAT) have both reported increasing levels of council tax debt in England & Wales.
It...
Cardiff Council employee stole child safety funds to pay Bailiffs
Cardiff Crown court has heard how a Cardiff Council employee allegedly syphoned more than £35,000 from petty cash account of the Council's Child safeguarding Unit to...
Bailiffs repossess ‘worst cafe on earth’
A Cafe which became famous for all the wrong reasons due to a stream of negative reviews on consumer review website Trip Advisor has...
Private debt collectors to fetch back payments made in error
Households that received money they did not claim may get a knock on the door... Thousands of struggling families who have been overpaid tax credits...
Derby City Council write of £50,000 debt owed by benefit fraudsters
Almost £50,000 of debt owed by individuals who fraudulently claimed housing benefits is set to be written off by Derby City Council. A report on the...
Man hit with £1.4million phone bill for just ONE month.
Ken Slusher reveals that he is now being pursued by debt collectors and he fears that an offer on his dream home will fall through. A...
Charity argues that Bailiffs should be a last resort.
Babergh District Council has been advised that it should do more to stop the use of bailiffs by a national debt charity. According to new research...
Debt Collectors pursuing Halton General Hospital visitors.
Debt demands in the post asking the sick and stressed to cough up £149.99.
A debt recovery firm has threatened court action against visitors of...
Bailiffs instructed 13,000 times in a year over late London Council...
Bailiffs were instructed almost 13,000 times in London last year to collect debts from people falling behind on their council tax bills, a report reveals this...
Bailiffs uncover huge cannabis factory
County Court Bailiffs in Sussex called in the police after stumbling across a multi million pound cannabis operation during a building repossession last friday. The huge cannabis farm was...