Hiyaa!
Its a bit long winded but heres my story!!
When I was sixteen I fell pregnant with my eldest son and got put into a mother babybunit, because I got kicked out
Of my mums house, at this mother and baby unit there was staff that worked there that sorted all of my
Housing benefit out for me because I was on income support they told me that if I received any council tax bills to ignore
Them because,
* I was under eighteen
* I was also exepmt because I received housing benefit.
Anyway I got letters for the next four years and I just ignored them, I then started work in febuary 2014
So I signed off income support and I received a letter stating that the 3.60 they had been taking off ny money each
Week had now stopped and I still owed 1200 to council tax at Medway council, so I rang them to sort it out
And they told me I had four liability orders slapped on me totaling four thousand pounds, wich I knew nothing about!!! I explains to them
That I had been on income support since 2009 and they basically said it did not matter I did not apply for council tax benefit when I hit
Eighteen, I told them that I did not think you had to if you was in recieot of housing benefit wich was true up till 2010 when it all changed
And you had to apply for them as separate benfit.
So I offerd then 20 pound a week they accepted so I started paying, I then recieved a letter from them a month later stating, that I must pay 1500 pound immediately or they would take me to court, so I rang them again stating that I had not defaulted on any of my agreed 20 pound a week that I was paying, wich they then backed up but told me I was only paying for one years debt I still had another 3 years to take care off! I then asked how much i would have to pay for the whole debt a week and they told me 50"pound a week, on top of my ninety pound council tax this year! I cant physically do it in a single mother of two and I work 24 hours a week on min wage, so they told me they will have to take me to court and charge me with culpable neglect and ask the judge to set a payment plan, the prosecuted said there's a very slim chance I will go to prison but not a strong one I'm still paying the 20 pound a week, I'm just so anxiouse, its making me depressed I've got two little boys and ibjust cant bare the fact that I could go to prison!!
PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
Its a bit long winded but heres my story!!
When I was sixteen I fell pregnant with my eldest son and got put into a mother babybunit, because I got kicked out
Of my mums house, at this mother and baby unit there was staff that worked there that sorted all of my
Housing benefit out for me because I was on income support they told me that if I received any council tax bills to ignore
Them because,
* I was under eighteen
* I was also exepmt because I received housing benefit.
Anyway I got letters for the next four years and I just ignored them, I then started work in febuary 2014
So I signed off income support and I received a letter stating that the 3.60 they had been taking off ny money each
Week had now stopped and I still owed 1200 to council tax at Medway council, so I rang them to sort it out
And they told me I had four liability orders slapped on me totaling four thousand pounds, wich I knew nothing about!!! I explains to them
That I had been on income support since 2009 and they basically said it did not matter I did not apply for council tax benefit when I hit
Eighteen, I told them that I did not think you had to if you was in recieot of housing benefit wich was true up till 2010 when it all changed
And you had to apply for them as separate benfit.
So I offerd then 20 pound a week they accepted so I started paying, I then recieved a letter from them a month later stating, that I must pay 1500 pound immediately or they would take me to court, so I rang them again stating that I had not defaulted on any of my agreed 20 pound a week that I was paying, wich they then backed up but told me I was only paying for one years debt I still had another 3 years to take care off! I then asked how much i would have to pay for the whole debt a week and they told me 50"pound a week, on top of my ninety pound council tax this year! I cant physically do it in a single mother of two and I work 24 hours a week on min wage, so they told me they will have to take me to court and charge me with culpable neglect and ask the judge to set a payment plan, the prosecuted said there's a very slim chance I will go to prison but not a strong one I'm still paying the 20 pound a week, I'm just so anxiouse, its making me depressed I've got two little boys and ibjust cant bare the fact that I could go to prison!!
PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
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