England should follow Scotland and Wales by removing the threat of prison for the non-payment of council tax, a webinar has heard.
Zoe Charlesworth, head of policy at Policy in Practice, a software and analytics firm that works with local authorities using benefits administration data, called for a ‘more sympathetic’ approach that took into account poverty.
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