3/22/2005

OAPs 'facing council tax poverty'

Again, what we all expected but now have the figures to prove it:

"Hundreds of thousands of Scottish pensioners could be living in council tax poverty, campaigners have claimed. Help the Aged said 70% of those who took part in a survey fell into that category."
More info here at the BBC: OAPs 'facing council tax poverty'
and Help the Aged's Crushed by Council Tax