Baliff costs could add £150m debt to households already in council tax arrears, charity warns

Figures estimates households owe £700m in council tax

Bailiff costs and court fees could add more than £150m worth of debt to households across the UK already in council tax arrears due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a charity has warned.

Local Government Association figures estimate that 800,000 households across the UK owe close to £700m in unpaid council tax.

And experts fear those figures could rise further when people become unemployed as the government begins to wind down its jobs retention scheme.