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Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>

Case ID – 12019055

Erik Ribsskog

<eribsskog@gmail.com>

Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:51 PM

To:
advice@lgo.org.uk

Cc:
Liverpool Direct <liverpool.direct@liverpool.gov.uk>

Bcc:
CONTACT-US <CONTACT-US@dwp.gsi.gov.uk>

Hi,

I still have some debt to the Council, from those years, (Council Tax-debt), so I think this is relevant still.

You just write it’s ‘unlikely’ that a council is going to backdate this now.

But I’ve contacted the Council about this, years ago, (in 2011, or something, I think it must have been).

And then they just removed my debt, from Jacobs Bailiffs, and to the Jobcentre, (since I’m unemployed), without this making any sense to me, since I had paid to that bailiff, on time, for years, then.

Also, later, (after I moved to Sunderland, in 2012), the Liverpool City Council sent me a council-tax-bill, for around £500, that hadn’t been sent to the bailiffs.

And this debt isn’t being deducted any longer.

Because the Jobcentre have been doing some changes with my jobseekers allowance, due to that I’ve started writing books, and get a bit royalities, from these books, some months, from Amazon/Createspace.

Aren’t there like rules for the whole country that says when one should apply for Council Tax-benefit?

It’s a bit strange that it’s to late for me, to claim the benefit.

But it’s not to late, for the Council, to claim the tax.

Seems it’s a bit different standards here.

I would have thought it was fine if I could someone could mention what the laws/rules says about Council Tax benefit, regarding the date for when it has to be claimed.

I send a copy e-mail to the Council so perhaps they can send this e-mail to the Chief Executive.

I don’t want to contact Citizens Advice, like you suggest I should, because they tricked me a bit, in 2006, regarding an employment-case, you see.

Thanks again for the e-mail.

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:31 PM, <advice@lgo.org.uk> wrote:

Dear Mr Ribsskog

Thank you for your e-mail dated 10 February 2013.

Income Support is handled and administered by Job Centre Plus which comes under the umbrella of the Department for Work and Pensions. Locals councils at the time you are referring had no responsibility for Income Support.

If at the time you felt you were entitled to claim Income Support then you would have had the opportunity to do so at your local Job Centre Plus.

With regards to Council Tax Benefit – it is unlikely that an authority is going to backdate a claim to 2007/2008 especially if you didn’t make a claim at the time.

If you are unhappy with the Council’s decision to deem your claim as “out of date” then you will need to raise a formal complaint in writing to the Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council. If they fail to resolve the complaint to your satisfaction you can then refer the matter to the Local Government Ombudsman.

I hope this is of assistance but should you require further guidance you may wish to speak a benefits adviser at your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

Best regards

Mandy Cashmore
LGO Advice Team

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