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Lorna Hughes & Edward Barnes

Grieving family beg council to stop sending bills to dead mum

A family mourning their late mum said a council has continued to send bills to her - more than a year after she died. At one point they claim they were sent six letters in one day.

Richard Sefton-Durrant said his mum, Jane Durrant, received letters before her death saying she was behind on her council tax bill. This was despite her moving out of her house after she was diagnosed with cancer.

Jane died at the age of 63 in February 2022, almost a year after she was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2021. Before she passed away, she moved out of her house in Moreton, Wirral into supported living in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Richard said Wirral Council still sent her letters warning about council tax despite an exemption on empty homes for people receiving care,

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