hi i had this problem in september i owed 1700 to the council we got behind when my partner lost his job and his 2 children had just moved in with us so we was skint. Rossendales wanted 2050 pounds and 47 pence from us they wanted us to pay 50pw but i said we could not afford this but they said they could not except any lower due to council wanting the money repaid within 16 weeks. So we ended up falling behind so i ended up with a bloke coming round to say he wanted the money in full i told him i have not got that amount of money so he said he would be taking everything out of my house including plates knifes and forks carpet and curtains. He said if he did not get the money we owed at auction (which he wouldnt have because our furniture is all old hand me downs) That me n my partner would go to jail and i said well they wouldnt be able to do that because we have children and that we wasnt refusing to pay we just could not pay it in full he said no u will both go to prison and your children will get taken in to care unfortuntlay we both got scared and my mum offered to get a credit card out ant pay him the money. I agreed to this because he intimidated me by telling me what he would take n the kids being taken off us n prison wish i had found this site before would i be able to do anything about him telling me these lies or was he within his rights? I got charged 110 for the van coming but he didnt end up taking anything would i be able to claim that back?

hi i had this problem in september i owed 1700 to the council we got behind when my partner lost his job and his 2 children had just moved in with us so we was skint. Rossendales wanted 2050 pounds and 47 pence from us they wanted us to pay 50pw but i said we could not afford this but they said they could not except any lower due to council wanting the money repaid within 16 weeks. So we ended up falling behind so i ended up with a bloke coming round to say he wanted the money in full i told him i have not got that amount of money so he said he would be taking everything out of my house including plates knifes and forks carpet and curtains. He said if he did not get the money we owed at auction (which he wouldnt have because our furniture is all old hand me downs) That me n my partner would go to jail and i said well they wouldnt be able to do that because we have children and that we wasnt refusing to pay we just could not pay it in full he said no u will both go to prison and your children will get taken in to care unfortuntlay we both got scared and my mum offered to get a credit card out ant pay him the money. I agreed to this because he intimidated me by telling me what he would take n the kids being taken off us n prison wish i had found this site before would i be able to do anything about him telling me these lies or was he within his rights? I got charged 110 for the van coming but he didnt end up taking anything would i be able to claim that back?