COUNCIL bosses are taking action to recover unpaid council tax and business rates – by starting proceedings for committal to prison.
"We would advise those that are not up to date with their payments to contact the recovery section to arrange payments before they are subject to a court order for committal to prison," said the deputy leader of Hambleton District Council, Cllr Peter Wilkinson.
"We will not stand for this."
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