For StepChange, the number of clients with Council Tax debt had increased significantly.
In the Lloyds Bank Foundation report which looks at Universal Credit deductions as a driver for poverty, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said:
Debts owed to the state feature heavily for those in multiple kinds of debt, with council tax arrears making up half of the estimated £1.5bn owed to the state.1Lloyds Bank Foundation England and Wales. (2022, May).