Learn more

Medway continues to lead the way for bailiffs use in Kent with nearly 90,000 referrals across the entire county over a one-year period. New figures show the the council sent nearly 20,000 debt collectors to recover unpaid parking fines and council tax last year. The Money Advice Trust, a charity helping people to tackle their debt, says bailiffs should only be called in as a last resort. According to data obtained from freedom of information requests sent by the organisation, which operates the National Debtline, Medway Council has sent more than 17,000 debts to bailiffs from 2022 to 2023. Of …

cuu