Thousands of ‘some of the most vulnerable’ residents in Bury are still to receive the £150 council tax rebate most bill payers got in May.
Bury Council said they are working on around 3,600 payments to council tax payers due to discrepancies between their council tax account and bank account.
The government funded payment of £150 to each council tax account holder was announced in February to help alleviate rises in gas and electricity charges and the funds to pay it were transferred to the council in April.
Local authorities were told that the payments should be made by the end of September this year.
At a full council meeting Conservative deputy leader Jo Lancaster said that thousands of ‘the most vulnerable and in need’ residents still had not had the £150 of relief three months after payments started being made.
She said: “I would like to see the council channelling its energies into making the £150 tax rebate payments to residents.
