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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Bailiffs to hunt council tax dodgers as another London borough seeks emergency bailout

Bailiffs will be used by Lewisham council to hunt down council tax debtors - (PA)

A London council is to hire bailiffs on contracts worth almost £2m to hunt down council tax dodgers.

Lewisham already has in-house “enforcement agents” but wants contractors to target former residents who have left the borough with outstanding bills.

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