Local councils to offer council tax payment breaks early cause of COVID-19

I spoke to my local council about the payments on my council tax, the only option I had was to change my payment plan from 10 months to 12. This gave a very small reduction & this would not help me financially. To take the payment breaks early when would help me financially.

Decisions about alternative payment plans, including whether or not to apply the non-paying months of a 10 month payment plan to the beginning of the financial year, are for individual local councils, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise this issue with a local councillor, who represents you. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them:

https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

If you want the UK Government to require local councils to suspend council tax payments, you may wish to sign this petition: Require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips