Council papers reveal that they’re owed £14.75m of debt that’s now over two years old and they say “there is a significant risk that most of this aged debt will not be recovered,” which is a big, big shame.

The paper also reveals that there’s £1.1m of income they have received that they haven’t matched to any customer accounts.

This means they have no idea who’s paying their debts and who isn’t, which makes collecting debt difficult.

So if the council claim you owe them money, tell them you’ve paid it and they’ll have no idea whether you have or not!