Its still ongoing As the problem is still ongoing i have written to the council to advise them i will continue to pay them the original amount agreed monthly as i could not pay the bailiffs and felt i shouldnt. Needless to say i havent heard a thing from them dispite 2 payments recieved. I have been speaking to my local councillers office quite regularly but he keeps fobbing me off with his waiting for the council to come back to him i really dont know what to do i cant cope with this for much longer. The Bailiffs have written to us and have said they will be arriving in a few days and will be seizing our car. I have a few more questions if anyone can help - Can they take our car from the street without us knowing ? My partner uses this for work (when he gets some ) hes self employed in the building trade so carries tools, materials etc so he could not use public transport. Does anyone have any other advice for me Thanks

thank you so much for this information, Im away this weekend but will be back and taking a trip to the council with my print out on Tuesday if i have had no reply to the second compliant. thanks again ill let you know how i get on

Hi I thought id let you know how im getting on well in 2 words "im not" Its been 14 days since i sent both letters and have heard nothing apart from a phone call from the Bailiff about an hour ago. They were calling to say they will be calling tommrrow. I am now in the process of writing another letter to complain to someone higher at the council.

well i have hand deliverd both letters to thr MP and council, we were out walking our dog when the bailiff called so car was parked on the street. I didnt think the charges added up but i stupidly just assumed they would be correct how do they get away with this ? Thanks again for all your help and info

hi i thought that it was a lot of money but reading the back of the letter with all the charges they charge a % on the levy (whatever that means) does this mean they can clamp and remover our car whenever they want?? I have written my letters now and copied all documentation and am just about to hand deliver them to the local MPs office and the council (they cannot say they never recieved this) shame i cant charge £177.5 to hand deliver the letter.

Thank you Hallowitch i am going to write a leeter to both my MP and council now. The bailiffs havent stepped foot onto the property as yet and i dont intend to let them do so either, they have charged £117.50 to hand deliver the notice of distress letter so i will ask if the council can put them off. But seeing as there attitude was we cant do nothing its the banks fault yesterday i dont hold out much hope. Thanks again ill let you know how i get on

Hi I am looking for any help or advice possible please My situation is my partner had a large outstanding debt on his council tax which we set up a payment plan to pay monthly but since he lost his job and i was made redundant we had to cancel that direct debit. I have since found another job and contacted our local council to say we could not pay as much on the old debt as we were but we could pay a smaller amount, to which i was informed in writing(5/2/09) this was fine and they had set up the direct debit for this. We then came home on Saturday to find a bailiff letter for the debt, I have spoke to the council who said the direct debit was cancelled or refused by the bank which it hasnt i have a letter from the bank stating that no direct debit was set up or cancelled during the time the council are saying. The council say its not there fault its the bank and the bank say its the council, when i asked the council where do i go from here all i am trying to do is sort this and stop the bailiff from knocking at my door and removing goods and he said we cant do anything i suggest you seek independant advise (at my cost). I cant afford to pay the £220 debt now let alone the extra charges from the bailiffs what can i do ???? Thanks